심리상담사법 제정의 방향

Abstract

This study is to discuss the necessity of enacting laws due to the absence of the Psychological Counselor Act and to present important contents in enacting laws. In addition, through overseas cases of enacting psychological counseling laws, we tried to establish a large framework for future psychological counseling laws by presenting matters to be considered and included in our psychological counseling laws. In order to solve major problems (distribution of service providers and lack of expertise) and provide quality services to the public, this researcher suggested introducing a improvement rights through employment stabilization, introduction of standardized certification systems in the university education system, certain administrative regulations on psychological counseling activities, and expansion of psychological counseling qualifications. Although our psychological counseling community has many issues for future development, this researcher believes that it will be easy to prepare details through discussions and research with the above four major directions in the overall direction of the enactment of the Korean Psychological Counseling Act. If an agreement in the field of psychological counseling is reached and implemented through this process, the field of psychological counseling will be recognized for your legal and institutional status as a professional that can effectively contribute to overcoming the current chaotic and divided state and maintaining the healthy mind of the people. From the beginning of this study, I thought about ‘who the Psychological Counseling Act was for’. There have already been many discussions, but an integrated agreement has not been reached by different academic background and interests. Therefore, rather than psychological counselors or psychological counselors trying to find consensus, which necessary to conduct more careful research on the basics and practices of the bill through the opinions of legal experts or the people subject to actual psychological counseling. Above all, the situation in which the law "is for whom?" has considered once again and prioritizes the interests of a specific group or individual should not be repeated, and there should be no victims of good faith who have worked hard in the counseling field due to implement the law.