Person-centered counseling with Malay clients: spirituality as an indicator of personal growth

• Main Authors: Mohamad, Mardiana, Mokhtar, Halimatun Halaliah, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: BF501 Motivation
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/15741/1/Sprituality_as_an_indicator_of_personal_growth.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/15741/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428

A qualitative study was carried out to explore the inner experiences and personal growth of one male and three female Malay university student clients undergoing twelve sessions of person-centered counseling. Data analysis was based on the verbatim accounts of the counseling sessions, Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) interviews, clients’ journal entries and their non-verbal expressions throughout the sessions. The findings manifest that in the non-directive, egalitarian and person-centered counseling relationship, constructive changes were experienced by the Malay clients in the study, including getting in touch with their religious realization.