ABSTRACT Research on mental health in Cambodia is increasing, yet there is limited focus on experiences of counsellors within this developing profession. This paper reports an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis conducted with thirteen practicing counsellors in Cambodia. Our specific interest was to gain an idiographic understanding of the meanings participants made of the changes they experienced in becoming counsellors, while also considering the unique context of Cambodia. Our findings are presented through an integration of description and interpretation, which grounds our participants’ experiences of change, tension, and meaning-making in the socio-historical context of Cambodia and mental health development. Implications recommend ways to improve support needed to assist counsellors in this developing field.

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“哦，这是您送给我的特殊礼物……”：柬埔寨顾问的现象学分析

摘要在柬埔寨，关于心理健康的研究正在增加，但在这一发展中的职业中，对辅导员经验的关注很少。本文报告了在柬埔寨与十三位执业顾问进行的解释性现象学分析。我们的具体兴趣是对参与者在成为辅导员时所经历的变化所产生的含义有独特的理解，同时还要考虑柬埔寨的独特背景。我们的研究结果是通过描述和解释的整合来呈现的，这使我们的参与者在柬埔寨的社会历史环境和心理健康发展中经历了变化，紧张和有意义的经历。含义建议了一些方法，以改善在此发展中领域为辅导员提供帮助所需的支持。