A Study of Counseling Psychologist Supply and Demandin Taiwan

• Main Authors: Yun-Jen Hsieh, 謝昀蓁
• Other Authors: Chia-Hsin Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41913437389315354012

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育心理與輔導學系 === 95 === The purpose of the study was to assess the manpower supply and demand of counseling psychologists in Taiwan. Three groups of subjects were invited to complete questionnaires, including: 1.Twenty counseling related department chairs or their designates; 2.Two hundreds and twenty five mental health program directors or their designates; 3.Two hundreds and eighteen licensed counseling psychologists. Results of the study are: 1.It is estimated there are 460 full-time practicing counseling psychologists and 85 part-time practicing counseling psychologists in Taiwan; Gender ratio between female and male counseling psychologists is 3.7:1; 2.Of the 218 counseling psychologists who parcipated in this study, 78.9% of them work primarily in school settings; 3.Counseling psychologists serve mostly adults (61.67%) and child/adolescents (37.03%); 4. There are about 959 masters graduate students currently attending 20 counseling psychology related graduate schools in Taiwan, it is estimated that 250 to 300 students will become counseling psychologists every year, and these 20 counseling psychology related graduate schools will supply about 1,500 counseling psychologists in five years; 5.Current research parcipants estimate there should have 6-8 counseling psychologists for each 10,000 population. Discussions of the research findings and training implications, and suggestions for future study are also presented in this paper.