Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore and systematize the process of practicing feminist counseling by counseling activists in sexual violence counseling centers. To this end, in-depth interviews were conducted with five counseling activists working with feminist counseling identity at the sexual violence counseling center, and the analysis was conducted using Strauss and Corbin’s grounded theory methodology among qualitative studies. As a result of the study, 80 concepts, 24 subcategories, and 13 upper categories were derived through open coding, and the relationship between categories was analyzed based on a paradigm model through axial coding. Through selective coding, the core category ‘feels of pride and a sense of vocation while seeing individual and social changes despite skepticism due to difficulties in practicing the principles of feminist counseling, strengthening feminist counseling capabilities, and responding to sexual violence issues’ was derived. Based on the results of this study, the process of practicing feminist counseling by counseling activists at sexual violence counseling centers was discussed, and the significance of the study and suggestions for further research were made.