A Consensual Qualitative Research on Work Adjustment Experience and Supervision Education Needs for Novice Art Therapists

Objectives The purpose of this study is to understand the work adjustment experiences of novice art therapists who have earned a master's degree and have less than 3 years of work experience, and to explore their needs for supervision education content and education methods. Methods To address the research purpose, 8 novice art therapists were selected as participants, and in-depth interviews were conducted by phone call from July 2022 to August 2022. To study collected data were analyzed using the Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) method which is useful for studying personal events, internal attitudes or beliefs that are difficult to measure. Results According to study results, it was found that novice art therapists experienced change and growth in the work adjustment process by independently learning about various actual conflicts and promoting cooperative relationships in the process of work adjustment, and detailed information about supervision education and method was presented. As a result of the analysis, there were 4 areas, 10 categories, and 37 subcategories: ‘Conflict in the work adjustment process’, ‘Efforts for the work adjustment process’, ‘Change and growth in the work adjustment process’, and ‘needs for supervision education contents and methods’, categories were derived. Conclusions The analysis yielded 4 areas, 10 categories, and 37 subcategories: ‘Conflict in the work adjustment process’, ‘Efforts for the work adjustment process’, ‘Change and growth in the work adjustment process’, and ‘needs for supervision education contents and methods’, the main categories were derived.