Exploring the Possibility of Modularizing Brief Counseling to Improve Counseling Efficiency in the Post-modern Era

This study was conducted to reconstruct brief counseling into a structured module counseling from the perspective of post-modern philosophy. When dealing with newly emerging issues in modern society, the limitations of traditional counseling methods of exploring past experience and original family dynamics were examined, and the core theme of “alienation and isolation” that penetrate four areas of social relationships, family relationships, career & study, and self was extracted from the cases of brief counseling. In addition, the direction of counseling in modern society was divided into five factors of burnout society, attention economy, consumerism, structural &cultural violence, and rights of minorities from the perspective of post-modern philosophy, and the roles of counselors and questions performed at each stage were modularized by focusing on the progress of the present, past, and future sessions of brief counseling. In conclusion, the modern meaning and implementation method of brief counseling were combined with post-modern philosophy to present a highly efficient structured module, which was intended to be helpful to counselors who study and practice counseling.