ABSTRACT

Counseling deals with a myriad of complex human emotions, and competency takes years of practice and experience. Counselors-in-training (CITs) who do not expect this complexity experience overwhelming performance anxiety. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of an equine assisted learning supervision (EAL-S) intervention on CITs’ performance anxiety and counseling self-efficacy. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State and Counseling Self-Estimate Inventory measured CITs’ pre-post (N = 20; treatment group, n = 10; control group n = 10) performance anxiety and counseling self-efficacy. Results yielded a significant difference between the treatment and control groups’ counseling self-efficacy but not their performance anxiety. Participants were able to relate their interaction with horses to interactions with clients. Counseling self-efficacy of the treatment group increased ten times more than the control group. This study supports that a one-hour EAL-S intervention may improve CITs’ counseling self-efficacy and improve their tolerance for performance anxiety.

摘要

咨询涉及无数复杂的人类情感，而能力需要多年的实践和经验。未预料到这种复杂性的培训中的辅导员 (CIT) 会经历压倒性的绩效焦虑。本研究的目的是检验马辅助学习监督 (EAL-S) 干预对 CIT 表现焦虑和咨询自我效能的影响。状态-特质焦虑量表-状态和咨询自我评估量表测量了 CIT 的事前事后（N = 20；治疗组，n = 10；对照组 n = 10）表现焦虑和咨询自我效能。结果显示，治疗组和对照组的咨询自我效能有显着差异，但他们的表现焦虑没有显着差异。参与者能够将他们与马的互动与与客户的互动联系起来。治疗组的咨询自我效能感比对照组提高了十倍。这项研究支持一小时的 EAL-S 干预可以提高 CIT 的咨询自我效能并提高他们对绩效焦虑的耐受性。