Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Galbraith, Paul James Ronald
Email	galbraithp@gmail.com
URN	etd-10032011-145512
Document Title	Adventurous beginnings to professional identity development during professional counselling psychology education : a narrative analysis
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Psychology
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Prof L H Human Supervisor
Keywords	counselling psychology education narrative analysis narrative adventure adventure therapy counselling psychology professional identity professional identity development
Date	2012-04-17
Availability	restricted
Abstract The development of professional identity during professional counselling psychology education is seen as a cornerstone of the professional development of prospective counselling psychologists. This research project looked at how students in an MA (Counselling Psychology) programme at the University of Pretoria constructed their professional identity(ies) through adventure experiences - which included archery, a ropes course, sea rafting, sea kayaking, and abseiling. This research project was conducted from a Narrative approach. The participants were required to construct their professional identity(ies) through written adventure narratives in which spontaneous metaphoric transfer had taken place. These narratives were then analysed through the “Problem-Solution Approach” to narrative research. Thereafter, the findings were given back to the participants, who were then asked to apply the findings to the different scopes of practice in counselling psychology. The research found that the participants were able to move from the dominant cultural narrative of psychologists as “experts”, and construct preferred professional identities through the adventure experience. © 2011 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Galbraith, PJR 2011, South Africa as a strategic operations destination for chemical manufactures, MA mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10032011-145512/ > C12/4/76/ag
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