Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2012 Sep;58(5):536-43. doi: 10.1177/0020764011413669. Epub 2011 Aug 3.
Counselling and psychotherapy services have taken off with uneven speed across China since the 1980s after several years of stagnation. Researchers have attributed socioeconomic development (or the lack thereof) and regional differences as main barriers to the development in this field. However, little is known today about the status of counselling and psychotherapy services across China.
To investigate and compare the current situation of practitioners and service delivery of counselling and psychotherapy in more developed and developing regions across China.
Convenience sampling methods from counselling and psychological services organizations in 29 Chinese provinces, municipalities or autonomous regions were used to recruit 1,543 participants to take part in the investigation by completing a 93-item self-designed questionnaire.
Organizations in developing and more developed regions in China varied in their current practices and employment situation of their practitioners, and in the quality of service delivery. However, counselling and psychotherapy offered at universities in both types of regions are of similar quality.
In China, the level of socioeconomic development significantly influences the development of professional counselling and psychotherapy services. Important progress is evident in the field; however, the lack of systematic training and the scarcity of professional practitioners remain a challenge.
自 20 世纪 80 年代以来，经过几年的停滞，咨询和心理治疗服务在中国各地迅速发展。研究人员将社会经济发展（或缺乏发展）和地区差异归因于该领域发展的主要障碍。然而，今天人们对中国各地咨询和心理治疗服务的现状知之甚少。
调查和比较中国更发达和欠发达地区咨询和心理治疗从业者的现状和服务提供情况。
采用便利抽样法，从中国 29 个省、市、自治区的咨询和心理服务机构中招募 1543 名参与者，通过填写一份 93 项的自我设计问卷参与调查。
中国发达地区和欠发达地区的机构在当前实践、从业者的就业情况以及服务提供质量方面存在差异。然而，这两类地区的高校提供的咨询和心理治疗质量相似。
在中国，社会经济发展水平显著影响专业咨询和心理治疗服务的发展。该领域取得了重要进展；然而，系统培训的缺乏和专业从业者的匮乏仍然是一个挑战。
