Abstract
“Educational counseling” has two aspects: therapeutic activities by psychotherapists on non-daily events, and
day-to-day educational activities by teachers. In educational counseling workshops, there often arises miscommunication
or misunderstanding between instructors (psychotherapists) who refer to educational counseling in
the former sense, and attendees (teachers) who expect in the latter sense. To address this issue, the present study
examined these workshops from the standpoint of “solution focused approach” and a workshop program was
proposed where instructors respect teachers’ professionalism as experts in educational counseling, rather than
simply instruct teachers on the “right” counseling methods, and thereby work to inspire teachers to develop their
own inner resources toward achieving. Results of evaluations feedback from the workshop attendee and psychological
measures demonstrated that this type of workshop facilitated teachers to improve their own self-efficacy
regarding educational counseling.
