Counseling via Avatar: Professional Practice in Virtual Worlds |
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| Authors: | Karl J. Witt Marvarene Oliver Christine McNichols |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Psychology and Counseling,The University of Texas at Tyler,Tyler,USA;2.Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology,Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi,Corpus Christi,USA |
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| Abstract: | Professional counselors (n = 5) from the United States (2), Australia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands were interviewed about the provision of counseling services in the multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) Second Life (SL). Using Strauss and Corbin’s (1998) method, qualitative data analysis yielded four themes: (i) encapsulating the immersive experience inherent in virtual worlds, (ii) contributions to successful avatar-based counseling, (iii) the practice of MUVE counseling, and (iv) practitioners’ pioneering spirit. This study contributes to distance counseling knowledge and lays the foundation for future avatar-based counseling research and practice. |
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