A Survey Study on Development of Cybercounseling in Taiwan Author:王智弘 Chih-Hung Wang, 林清文 Ching-Wen Lin, 劉淑慧 Shu-Hui Liu, 楊淳斐 Chun-Feei Yang, 蕭宜綾 E-Ling Hsiao
Research Article
This study is to explore the development of Cybercounseling in Taiwan. After reviewing the current literature in areas relating to this study, the questionnaire on development of Cybercounseling in Taiwan (draft) was developed and revised refer to the first stage in-depth interview. The survey was executed by stratified random sampling, and then used the survey results to conduct the second stage in-depth interview and formulated the final conclusion. The results of this study are as follows: 1. Cybercounseling is regarded as future trend to expand service channels and items. 2. The main Cybercounseling in Taiwan is web page, e-mail and message board. 3. Cybercounseling agencies in Taiwan have not enough human resource and budget, and have the problem of computer skills. 4. Cybercounseling agencies are lack of in-service training, practicum ethical guidelines, computer programs, and creation of work teams. Suggestions related education and practice for future were given.