Where Have They Gone? What Are They Doing?

Abstract

This paper presents the findings of a survey designed to examine the employment outcomes, perceptions of training and future career/life plans of counsellors who graduated between 1997 and 2002 from a range of counselling programmes in an Aotearoa/New Zealand polytechnic. Their responses describe an enterprising population of new counsellors who find and create employment as well as demonstrating an ongoing commitment to further education. In line with overseas trends, many counsellors appear to be employed in health contexts and in private practice. The survey, however, raises many questions for further investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)