An Experiential Analysis of the Women Youth Companion on the Self-Injury Behavior of Adolescents

Objectives The purpose of this study is to find common elements of emotions experienced by women youth companion when they recognize the client's self-injury behavior during counseling, and to find out the psychological process of effectively processing the emotions they experience. Methods To this end, we analyzed the experiences of five women youth companion who had consulted clients who acted in self-injury, and analyzed the process of discovering and processing common emotions. Results As a result of the study, the common emotions experienced by women youth companion when they became aware of the self-injury behavior of their clients were to curiousness why they acted in self-injury, to feel pity and want to help, anxiety and burden about whether they could handle the case well, and to be tired and exhausted from repeated reports of self-injury behavior. It was found that they felt three common emotions and went through five stages of processing, and six paths of emotional processing could be derived. Conclusions Through this study, it is significant that women youth companion were able to find common emotions experienced when counseling adolescent clients who acted in self-injury, and that they were able to find an effective emotional processing process.