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This study aimed to examine doctoral students’ views on doctoral education in the Guidance and Psychological Counseling (PCG) field. The research is a qualitative research conducted in phenomenology design. The research study group consists of 33 people in the Ph.D. thesis phase of the PCG program. A personal information form and a semi-structured interview form were used to collect the data in the study. The data obtained within the scope of this research were analyzed by descriptive analysis method, one of the ways of qualitative data analysis. According to the results of the research, it is seen that the participants who received doctoral education in the field of PCG wanted to do a doctorate due to professional and personal development, desire to contribute to the field, desire for academic progress, interest in the field, and past experiences. It has been determined that doctoral education increases self-awareness, awareness of others, self-confidence and professional confidence in students. There were participants who stated that they were inclined to pursue doctoral education because their undergraduate and graduate education was insufficient. It was also stated that doctoral education contributes to becoming an effective psychological counselor through increased professional competence, theoretical and personal empowerment. In addition to doctoral education, the participants also stated that private certified/uncertified training, their experiences and the connections they established are also effective in their efforts to become more effective counselors. Participants suggested increasing the opportunities for practice, internship and supervision, making structural changes such as becoming a department and adding different courses to the program to improve the doctorate education in PCG. The results were discussed in the light of the literature, and recommendations were presented.

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