ERIC Number: EJ1357256
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1554-6128
EISSN: EISSN-1554-6136
Teaching a Sexuality Counseling Course: Counselors-in-Training Experience and Implications for Professional Counseling Programs
Cardona, Betty; Farago, Reka; Bedi, Robinder P.
American Journal of Sexuality Education, v17 n3 p320-342 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences of fifteen counselors-in-training (CITs) who had completed a sexuality counseling course. The study design was a thematic analysis of qualitative codes developed through a constant comparative method applied to transcribed interviews. Four themes were found: (a) competency issues, (b) sensitivity concerns, (c) awareness of a need for continued exposure throughout all their education and training, and (d) disappointment in the level and availability of education and training outside of this one course in their program. Data-driven suggestions for how to better to prepare CITs through sexuality counseling courses are offered.
Descriptors: Sex Education, Counselor Training, Counselor Attitudes, Sexuality, Graduate Students, Interpersonal Competence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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