Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Relationship-Centered Counseling (RCC) model (Kelly, 1994; 1997) on 30 Taiwanese university student clients receiving counseling services. Twenty-three students identified their chief complaint as interpersonal relationship or affection problems, and seven students indicated they would work on career or academic problems. The study analyzed effects through both quantitative and qualitative methods. A statistical method of one-way ANOVA for repeated measures examined these clients' psychosocial differences in the aspects of problem-solving, social relations, mood state and life satisfaction as measured by each of the four inventories among pre-counseling, post-counseling, and three-month follow-ups. Participants' self-reports revealed significant mean score differences between pre-counseling and post-counseling, and also between pre-counseling and follow-up. In addition, four themes emerged through qualitative analysis: the importance of the counseling relationship; positive characteristics of the counselor; a safe, trustful, and relaxing counseling context; and the effectiveness of counseling techniques.