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Unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of Malaysian counselor.

Unconditional acceptance is one of the core attitudes in helping professionals to establish successful therapeutic relationships. Despite unconditional acceptance was accepted in most helping professional settings, it received less attention in academic scientific research due to scholars' disa...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Hafiz, Nur Husna, Zakaria, Mohd. Zaliridzal, Wan Razali, Wan Mohd. Fazrul Azdi, Mohd. Sukor, Nurhafizah, Abdul Mutalib, Marina Munira, Othman, Muhammed Fauzi
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Published: Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn. Bhd. (GAE) 2022
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling my.utm.1084812024-11-17T09:24:30Z http://eprints.utm.my/108481/ Unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of Malaysian counselor. Mohd. Hafiz, Nur Husna Zakaria, Mohd. Zaliridzal Wan Razali, Wan Mohd. Fazrul Azdi Mohd. Sukor, Nurhafizah Abdul Mutalib, Marina Munira Othman, Muhammed Fauzi H Social Sciences (General) Unconditional acceptance is one of the core attitudes in helping professionals to establish successful therapeutic relationships. Despite unconditional acceptance was accepted in most helping professional settings, it received less attention in academic scientific research due to scholars' disagreement regarding unconditional acceptance as a single separable construct from empathy and genuineness as proposed in person-centred therapy. The knowledge gap led to the implementation of this study, employing a qualitative method, specifically descriptive phenomenology. It aims to describe Malaysian counselors' experience exercising unconditional acceptance while encountering clients from various backgrounds. The thematic analysis revealed that unconditional acceptance encompasses acceptance of the client as a person, acceptance of the client's reality experience as part of them, and acceptance of the client's traumatic reaction. The findings indicate by years of experience, Malaysian counselors show high competency in practicing unconditional acceptance. It was found that unconditional acceptance requires counselors to have empathy, increasing their ability to comprehend the clients' situation and justify their emotional reactions. Counselors especially novice counselors need proper training and guidance to increase their ability to unconditionally accept their clients, their life experience, and their traumatic reactions. This study contributes to deepening the comprehension of implementing unconditional acceptance in counseling settings. It also provides new perspectives on improving the training curriculum for counselors in Malaysia, specifically in strengthening their skills in exercising unconditional acceptance and empathy attitudes. Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn. Bhd. (GAE) 2022-09-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/108481/1/MuhammedFauziOthman2023_UnconditionalAcceptanceInCrisisWorkBasedOnTheLived.pdf Mohd. Hafiz, Nur Husna and Zakaria, Mohd. Zaliridzal and Wan Razali, Wan Mohd. Fazrul Azdi and Mohd. Sukor, Nurhafizah and Abdul Mutalib, Marina Munira and Othman, Muhammed Fauzi (2022) Unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of Malaysian counselor. International Journal Of Education, Psychology And Counselling (IJEPC), 8 (51). pp. 265-277. ISSN 0128-164X http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/IJEPC.851019 DOI:10.35631/IJEPC.851019
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Mohd. Hafiz, Nur Husna
Zakaria, Mohd. Zaliridzal
Wan Razali, Wan Mohd. Fazrul Azdi
Mohd. Sukor, Nurhafizah
Abdul Mutalib, Marina Munira
Othman, Muhammed Fauzi
Unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of Malaysian counselor.
description Unconditional acceptance is one of the core attitudes in helping professionals to establish successful therapeutic relationships. Despite unconditional acceptance was accepted in most helping professional settings, it received less attention in academic scientific research due to scholars' disagreement regarding unconditional acceptance as a single separable construct from empathy and genuineness as proposed in person-centred therapy. The knowledge gap led to the implementation of this study, employing a qualitative method, specifically descriptive phenomenology. It aims to describe Malaysian counselors' experience exercising unconditional acceptance while encountering clients from various backgrounds. The thematic analysis revealed that unconditional acceptance encompasses acceptance of the client as a person, acceptance of the client's reality experience as part of them, and acceptance of the client's traumatic reaction. The findings indicate by years of experience, Malaysian counselors show high competency in practicing unconditional acceptance. It was found that unconditional acceptance requires counselors to have empathy, increasing their ability to comprehend the clients' situation and justify their emotional reactions. Counselors especially novice counselors need proper training and guidance to increase their ability to unconditionally accept their clients, their life experience, and their traumatic reactions. This study contributes to deepening the comprehension of implementing unconditional acceptance in counseling settings. It also provides new perspectives on improving the training curriculum for counselors in Malaysia, specifically in strengthening their skills in exercising unconditional acceptance and empathy attitudes.
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author Mohd. Hafiz, Nur Husna
Zakaria, Mohd. Zaliridzal
Wan Razali, Wan Mohd. Fazrul Azdi
Mohd. Sukor, Nurhafizah
Abdul Mutalib, Marina Munira
Othman, Muhammed Fauzi
author_facet Mohd. Hafiz, Nur Husna
Zakaria, Mohd. Zaliridzal
Wan Razali, Wan Mohd. Fazrul Azdi
Mohd. Sukor, Nurhafizah
Abdul Mutalib, Marina Munira
Othman, Muhammed Fauzi
author_sort Mohd. Hafiz, Nur Husna
title Unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of Malaysian counselor.
title_short Unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of Malaysian counselor.
title_full Unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of Malaysian counselor.
title_fullStr Unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of Malaysian counselor.
title_full_unstemmed Unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of Malaysian counselor.
title_sort unconditional acceptance in crisis work based on the lived experience of malaysian counselor.
publisher Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn. Bhd. (GAE)
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/108481/1/MuhammedFauziOthman2023_UnconditionalAcceptanceInCrisisWorkBasedOnTheLived.pdf
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