I'm Going to be a Psychologist – A Qualitative Studyof Psychology Students on Lay Psychology and Lay Counselling

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11410%2F25%3A10503578" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11410/25:10503578 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=h-h1WeuL0Y" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=h-h1WeuL0Y</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.58743/asv2025vol13no1.386" target="_blank" >10.58743/asv2025vol13no1.386</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

I'm Going to be a Psychologist – A Qualitative Studyof Psychology Students on Lay Psychology and Lay Counselling

Original language description

Lay psychology is a common part of everyday interpersonal life. Psychology students encounter it not only as recipients but also as informal providers of psychological support. Exploring these experiences offers valuable insights into how students perceive the boundaries between lay and professional help and how these experiences contribute to the formation of their professional identity. A total of 191 undergraduate psychology students participated in a qualitative study using a non-standardized questionnaire with five open-ended questions. The responses were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis, with the aim of capturing students’ personal experiences and reflections on lay counselling. Students demonstrated a high degree of ethical awareness, recognized the limits of their competence, and were able to identify situations in which professional help should be recommended. They viewed lay helping as a meaningful context for developing key counselling skills, such as empathy, active listening, and respect for the autonomy of others. Findings suggest that lay counselling provides a natural space for learning helping competencies. It may be understood as an initial step towards professional psychological practice, where ethical sensitivity and responsibility for psychological support begin to emerge. Psychology education should reflect these experiences and support students in learning how to respond safely and ethically when placed in informal helping roles.

Czech name

—

Czech description

—

Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

—

OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

—

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Salus Vitae

ISSN

1805-8787

e-ISSN

1805-8787

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

24-42

UT code for WoS article

—

EID of the result in the Scopus database

—