Counseling Effect on Depression: A Quasi-experimental Study/Psikolojik Danisma'nin Depresyona Etkisi: Yari Deneysel bir Calisma

In this study, as the researchers, we tried to explore the effect of the individual psychological counseling services provided by senior counseling students studying in the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance at a university in the eastern region of Turkiye. We examined the counseling sessions effect on the depression levels of the clients using a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group. The counselor candidates received supervision from eight faculty members. We had 133 students/ clients in the experimental group and 31 students/clients in the control group and 110 counselor candidates provided five individual counseling sessions to the clients in the experimental group. We used Beck Depression Inventory to determine the participants' depression levels. We utilized Psychological Counseling Clinic Model (PCOM) to conduct the research process as mindfully and functionally as possible. According to the results of the covariance analysis performed to analyze the data, we found that individual counseling services significantly reduced the depression levels of the clients. When the pre-tests regarding the depression level scores of the experimental and control groups were controlled, the variability in the post-test scores was approximately 18% ([[eta].sup.2] =0.175). Considering that counseling is not given enough importance in Turkiye and counseling departments' capacity is not utilized sufficiently in the field of mental health, the current research has a unique place in the field of counseling. In this respect, we think this study can add a significant value and direction to the field of mental health. Keywords: Counseling, mental health, depression, psychological counseling clinic model. Bu calismada, arastirmacilar olarak Turkiye'nin dogusunda yer alan bir universitedeki psikolojik danisma ve rehberlik (PDR) ana bilim dalinda egitim goren son sinif ogrencilerinin, ogretim uyelerinin supervizorlugunde yuruttukleri psikolojik danisma surecinin danisanlarin depresyon duzeylerine etkisini on test-son test kontrol gruplu yari deneysel desen kullanarak inceledik. Katilimcilar deney grubunda 133 ve kontrol grubunda 31 danisandan olustu. Supervizyon danismanliginda danisma yapmayi kabul ederek arastirmaya katilan 110 psikolojik danisman adayi deney grubundaki danisanlara bes seanslik bireysel psikolojik danisma hizmeti verdi. Katilimcilarin depresyon duzeylerini belirlemek uzere Beck Depresyon Envanterini kullandik. Deney s