Burnout in Psychological Counselors: An Example of Qualitative Research
Abstract
It was designed to determine when the feeling of burnout experienced by psychological consultants emerged. In this study 23 psychological counsellors were interviewed. Qualitative research method was used in the study. Five open-ended questions were asked in the interview form. Psychological counsellors were asked about the effects of the situations they encounter at school on their personal lives, the situations they feel “tired - exhausted” in the process they work at school, the situations they experience stress, the times they feel physically unwell, and the situations they feel inadequate. In this study, 23 psychological counsellors working in the city of Istanbul have been reached through sampling method. Eight of the psychological counsellors of the study group are male, fifteen are female. According to our results, it is determined that psychological counselors have problems at home because of the problems they face at work, they also cannot spend enough time with their families, they feel exhausted when they face insolvable problems of their students or when they have to do some off duties; moreover psychological counselors feel depressed when they have problems with parents or administrators, they may also have somatic headache, furthermore they could feel inadequade when their. The results of the study were discussed in the context of the literatüre and suggestions were made
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