Abstract

This is a study to formulate a counseling-guidance model based on Korean traditional structures of thought, to explore the effective way of reflecting oriental philosophy to counseling-guidance process, and to find out a possibility of integration of western counseling theories and oriental theories. It consists of three parts, which are based on case studies, review of liturature, and interview with scholars and counselors in the field. Case study is conducted to find out characteristics of dint's response toward counseling experience under the western counseling models. Among 35 cases, most clients are counseled with person centered approach(N=8) or eclectic approach(N=15). All cases are terminated successfully, except for 4 cases. The result shows that clients tend to feel uneasy to explore and express their inner feelings, and prefer rather indirect way of expression. It seems necessary to identify their "selves" in relation to family systems rather than one-to-one individual analyses. It seems that any effort of behavior change during interview session rather conflicts with their reality. Secondly, the view point of the East and the West concerning the tophography of counseling-guidance and self-understanding is compared. And, the necessity of, and a rationale for, the oriental counseling and psychotherapy is presented. Third part of the study examines the possible direction of an oriental counseling model. To do this, chracteristics of psychopathology in oriental people and ways of approaching to them are identified according to the philosophy of Zen Buddihism, Laotzu, and Chuang-tzu. Finally, seven directional ideas of developing the model of oriental counseling and psychotherapy are presented.