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Counselor trainees improved their procedural knowledge structure after training, mirroring experienced counselors. This enhanced structure correlated with smoother and deeper client counseling sessions, validating its use in skills training assessment.

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  • Psychology
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Assessing counseling skills training effectiveness is crucial.
  • Understanding the evolution of procedural knowledge in counselors is key.
  • Comparing trainee and experienced counselor knowledge structures offers insights.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze changes in counselor trainees' procedural and structural knowledge post-training.
  • To examine the convergence of trainee knowledge structures with those of experienced counselors.
  • To investigate the relationship between knowledge structure similarity and client session ratings.

Main Methods:

  • Profile analysis and Pathfinder Network Analysis were employed.
  • Procedural knowledge was assessed via intention use patterns (Hill & O'Grady, 1985).
  • Procedural structural knowledge was derived from intention co-occurrence in pre- and post-training sessions.

Main Results:

  • Counselor trainees' intention use structure significantly changed post-training, aligning more closely with experienced counselors.
  • Increased similarity between trainee and experienced counselor knowledge structures correlated with higher client ratings of session smoothness (pre- and post-training).
  • Deeper session ratings were also associated with this similarity, specifically after post-training.

Conclusions:

  • Counseling skills training effectively modifies trainees' procedural structural knowledge.
  • Knowledge structures serve as a valid criterion for evaluating counseling skills training effectiveness.
  • The convergence of trainee and experienced counselor knowledge structures is linked to improved client-perceived session quality.