Wong, Ka YingKa YingWong2012-10-112012-10-112012http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/850Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.) -- Hong Kong Shue Yan University, 2012.Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-75).vi, 92 p.Counselling, as a developing profession in Hong Kong in recent times, has been facing different challenges in building up a professional identity. With the enhancement of professional development programs, the standards of counsellors improved significantly from this quality training in Hong Kong. Yet, the public understanding of this profession remains at a limited level (Yu, Fu, Zhao & Davey, 2010). This qualitative study investigated the perspectives of counsellors within the profession their potential needs to enhance the development. A semi-structured interview was conducted with ten counsellors. The findings from the participants confirmed the limited public understanding. They also indicated the urge to build a distinct professional identity in educating the public; a more active role that needed to be taken by the counsellors in order to promote the registration of counsellors which was crucial to the professional development; and a call for the Counselling Association to take up a more significant role to structuralize the local training, monitor the ongoing training of the counsellors and promote indigenous study of counselling.engCounseling China Hong Kong.Thesis