상담과정에서 정서의 활성화 및 반복적 수용의 역할에 관한 이론적 고찰 = A Theoretical Study About the Roles of Emotional Activation and Repeated Emotional Acceptance in the Counseling Process

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Many studies have been commonly emphasized the importance of knowing how to deal with emotions in counseling theories. Most of the times, clients do not want to feel the painful emotions that accompany their daily life experiences so they try to avoid those distressing emotions as sensitization about their experiences. However, this method tend to bring about psychological maladaptation in the long term even though they might be helpful in adequately regulating emotions in the short term. To help these clients, the process of repeated emotional acceptance is essential in order to find out the meaning of painful emotions and understand desires behind emotions. They may temporally feel as if their negative emotions are intensified again in this process. But once the process of accepting emotions triggered by sensitized stimuli are repeated over and over again, the habituation process occur and bring about adaptation of clients in the long term. This study employed a literature review to investigate the roles of emotional activation and repeated emotional acceptance in the counseling process of dealing with emotions. The rationale behind the previous studies were different but this study sought to extract the core aspects of dealing with emotions in the pantheoretical standpoint, and explored how these aspects can bring changes in clients. The findings of the study add significant implications to the counseling process literature.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

그동안 다양한 상담이론에서는 상담과정에서 정서를 어떻게 다룰 것인가의 문제를 중요한 주제로써 거론해 왔다. 고통스러운 경험을 한 내담자가 자신의 경험에 수반되는 극심한 스트레스와 강한 부적 정서를 겪은 이후에 경험에 대한 민감화가 이루어져 고통스러운 정서를 회피하게 되는 반응을 하기 마련인데, 이러한 정서회피는 단기적으로는 정서를 잘 처리할 수 있는 것처럼 보일 수 있으나 장기적으로 심리적 부적응의 결과를 초래하게 만든다. 내담자의 고통스러운 정서에 담긴 의미를 발견하고 저변의 욕구를 파악하기 위해서는 정서수용의 과정을 여러 번 거치게 되면서 가능하게 된다. 이러한 과정을 거치는 것이 내담자에게는 일시적으로는 고통스러운 정서를 느끼는 경험일 수 있으나 반복적으로 정서수용을 하게 했을 때에는 민감화된 경험에 대한 둔감화가 이루어지고 장기적으로 내담자의 적응을 이끌어 낼 수 있게 된다. 본 연구는 상담에서 정서를 다루는 과정에 있어서 정서의 활성화와 반복적 수용의 역할을 이론적으로 고찰하기 위해 실시되었다. 본 연구는 여러 상담이론 사이에서 중요하다고 강조하는 정서처리의 과정이 서로가 표현하는 내러티브가 다를지라도 그 안에 담긴 의미는 서로 유사한 것을 반영하는 부분이 될 수 있다는 점에 대해 범이론적 관점에서 살펴볼 수 있었다는 데에 함의가 있다. 본 연구는 상담과정에서 고통스러운 정서를 어떻게 다루어 나가는 것이 필요한지에 대해 중요한 시사점을 제공한다.

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