The experience of School-Aged Special Education Recipients’ Mothers who received Psychological Counseling at a Special Education Support Center

The purpose of this study is to explore lived experiences of school-aged special education recipients’ mothers who received psychological counseling at a special education support center, and to reveal the essence of those experiences. For this purpose, data were collected through in-depth interviews with 8 mothers of school-aged special education recipients’ mothers who received more than 10 sessions of psychological counseling at a special education support center. And it was analyzed using the phenomenological research method of Colaizzi(1978). As a result of the study, 88 constituent meanings, 29 themes, and 9 theme groups emerged, and the essence of ‘priming water that raises inner strength for a happy life’ was derived. The results of this study provided basic data for developing a professional psychological counseling intervention plan for mothers of school-age special education recipients at a special education support center. In addition, implications for psychological counseling support and system improvement for mothers of school-age special education recipients were presented.