ABSTRACT
Many psychology and education graduates, who took part in the internship programmes, played a leading role in the development of counselling psychology. A major impetus for intervention came forth, instead, from both schools and churches which recognised the necessity to provide counselling and training of counsellors. Therefore, Korea's counselling history is closely related to its educational history on the one hand, and to Christianity on the other hand. The missionaries from the United States who got involved early in education then set about the establishment of schools, equally reinforcing their educational and evangelical work, expanding the churches and their involvement in Korean society during the 1950s. Although the number of Protestants has been decreasing since the mid-1990s, Korean churches have a strong voice in Korean society as leading authorities. These Christian churches, under the strong influence of Western Christianity, have played a major part in the propagation of Western values and lifestyle in Korean society.
