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초록

This study is a qualitative study about University Students’ change and growth experiences in unstructured group counseling. To explore the essential themes of active 9 students for 11 sessions, the students’ 135 papers of self-introspective reports which should be presented once a week are analyzed in phenomenological approach. The results revealed 20 themes and 7 categories that the university students’ experienced. The meaning of change and growth from the 7 categories are 4 as follows: ‘self-exposure through unexpected inner-contact’, ‘self-comprehension through active participation’, ‘interpersonal change through emotion expression’ and ‘altruistic participation and continuous growth’. From the above, availability of unstructured group counseling focusing here-and now for university students are discussed and suggested. This study is significant as it phenomenologically explored the university students’ experiences of unstructured group counseling in class and their essential meanings of change and growth they aim to accomplish.

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