Analysis of the Current Status and Educational Needs for Parent Counseling by Korean Professional Counseling Teachers

This study explored the status of parent counseling by professional counseling teachers and their educational needs. A survey of 307 in-service counseling teachers was analyzed using SPSS 26.0. The results are as follows. First, an examination of the current status of parent counseling among professional counseling teachers revealed that over 50% of the respondents had never received any prior training in this area. Parent counseling was predominantly conducted via telephone, and regardless of school level, the session length ranged most frequently from 20 to 29 minutes. Second, challenges differed by context: in high schools and Wee Centers, the main issue was “parents’ lack of interest,” while in elementary and middle schools, it was “excessive workload caused by parent counseling.” Third, counseling teachers preferred case-based training and the sharing of diverse parent counseling case studies. The findings highlight strategies to enhance counseling teachers’ competencies in parent counseling.