Korean Counseling Model Analysis

The origin of the Korean counseling model was adapted from the West. The theories and ideas of guidance counseling were adopted from Western ideas and concepts. Due to the ill-defined roles and structures for the Disciplinary Guidance Teachers (counseling model), the counseling profession was not successfully incorporated into the Korean school system until the 1990’s (Lee, Oh, & Suh, 2007). There may be some principles that would hold true to both cultures, but most western policies and methods would not work well with Korea’s cultural differences. Because of these cultural differences between the west and Korea, some concepts and practices would lack relevance to Koreans.
There have been several attempts to establish a counseling system

The requisites to obtain a counselor certification includes a 4-week practicum which is usually run by the university, written exam and a log with documented evidence of counseling related training experience. “When compared to the 700-hour practicum requirements of the U.S school counselors, this appears to be insufficient to allow enough opportunities for developing clinical skills and understanding practical issues in school counseling (Eun & Kim, 2004; Yu, 2007). The program does not give sufficient time to prepare the guidance counselors to handle and guide students. Their lack of familiarity with the true meaning of counseling and guidance is the central problem, and by continually producing underqualified counselors to guide students will produce unfavorable results from

This adds on to the issue of role identity towards counselors, and it also creates a difficult opportunity for new counselors to enter into the field. Up to 2007, there were a total of 485 school counseling jobs in Korea. Of the 485 jobs, 306 were on school board school counselors, 47 are middle school counselors 110 are vocational high school counselors, and 22 are general high school counselors. The research conducted by Yang and Lee (2009) shows us statistically the lack of counselors throughout the country of