| Abstrakt: |
This research was conducted to determine the opinions of psychological counselors working in Gaziantep about their professional experiences during the COVID-19 epidemic period. The semi-structured interview form prepared for data collection was applied face to face in accordance with the course of the epidemic process. The data obtained from the data collection tools used in the research were coded and the quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS and the qualitative data were analyzed using MAXQUADA2020. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that psychological counselors faced problems such as internet connection problems during distance education, low participation of students, difficulty in using the Web tool, high number of siblings in the family, late arrival of tablets to be delivered to students to benefit from online education, lack of privacy due to family members being at home. has been done. In addition, it was observed that psychological counselors were worried about revealing their images in online interviews. It has been determined that online guidance services are mainly carried out in the form of group guidance and educational guidance services. In addition, it was stated that psychological counselors had hesitations about opening the camera during the online video training and guidance process they carried out with the students. It was found and discussed that the psychological counselors were able to benefit from the online training they received during the epidemic, that they were of the opinion that distance education should not continue after the epidemic is over, and that they did not find their professional and personal satisfactions satisfactory throughout the process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
