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Military Counseling In The Armed Forces Community Of South Korea

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  • Park Gyun Yeo

    (Assistant Professor, Department of Moral Education Gyeongsang National University, South Korea)

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The contemporary generation of Korean soldiers has faced greater difficulties than its predecessors in adjusting mentally to military life.Prominent problems include relationship conflicts, perceived incompatibility with military culture, depression, internet addiction, violence, and extreme cases have resulted in suicide.Hence, the military authorities have realized the critical importance of counseling for soldiers, and have implemented a number of countermeasures.Military counseling concerns activities both within and outside the armed forces aimed at solving the psychological problems of soldiers.Due to technical and personal limitations within the armed forces, collaboration with civilian groups is essential.The Korean Association of Counseling Professionals KACP conducted counseling education for about 1,000 primary officers in 2006.Encouragingly, not only was the response from senior officers very positive, but also the rate of soldiers committing suicide was reduced following the implementation of the program.The principles of this program are elaborated though four stages 1 Epoché in phenomenology which concerns opening the mind and removing mental bias, 2 Approach, 3Collective problem solving and 4 Changing the mind.The authors call this the 4 stages of counseling program EASTC model.

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  • Park Gyun Yeo, 2009. "Military Counseling In The Armed Forces Community Of South Korea," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 5(2), pages 93-106.
    • Handle: RePEc:aib:ibtjbs:v:5:y:2009:i:2:p:93-106
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.46745/ilma.ibtjbs.2009.52.2
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