| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 輔導研究所 === 93 === The purpose of this research was to explore experiences of both school counselors and clients in colleges who had been involved in instructor-student dual relationships. Questions in terms of the situational factors for dual relationships, the awareness of dual relationships of both counselors and clients, the in-session experiences of both counselors and clients, and the influences of dual relationships towards counseling were explored. Two pairs of participants were invited to the research.
Qualitative approach with semi-structural in-depth interview was adopted to collect the information. Dyadic research by Dr. Thompson and Walker (1982) was applied to analyze the data collected. The targets of measurement are both individuals and relationships. The result of data analysis was presented; furthermore, the researcher drove to the interpretations and the final discussions based on the findings.
The findings of the research were as the following:
I. Situational factors for instructor-student dual relationships:
1. Clients’ initiative for searching help
2-1. Counselors accepted and valued the instructor-student dual relationships.
2-2. Counselors took students’ needs as the priority.
II. Awareness of the dual relationships:
1. Counselors were aware of the instructor-student dual relationship without taking it as an ethical dilemma.
2-1. Clients got aware of and recognized the instructor-student dual relationship through participation in this research.
2-2. Clients accepted the instructor-student dual relationship without any will to be referred to others.
III. In-session experiences:
1. Both counselors and clients valued the feelings during the sessions.
2. Both counselors and clients perceived the instructor-student relationship facilitating the counseling.
3. Both counselors and clients perceived a natural and comfortable interpersonal boundary existing.
IV. Effectiveness of counseling under the instructor-student dual relationship:
1. Clients felt emotionally accepted and mentally empowered.
2. Clients insisted searching help from the counselors chosen to talk to.
Finally, limitations of this study was presented, and suggestions to school counselors, counseling policies of schools, ethics of the counseling profession in Taiwan and future researches were offered according to what has been discovered in this study.
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