本研究旨在探究社區機構諮商之當事人的諮商中止經驗。共計招募六位曾經歷過諮商中止經驗的當事人參與訪談。透過半結構式深度訪談進行資料蒐集，使用現象學進行資料分析，探討當事人諮商中止經驗的整體歷程。
研究結果分別探討六位參與者的諮商中止經驗在諮商中止經驗共包含「如何進入諮商」、「初入諮商與調適」、「醞釀中止諮商」「中止諮商的方式」等四階段，Sasa、Ho、Amy、Lion都經驗了這四個階段，Shan與CH則只經驗了三個階段。如何進入諮商的歷程包含「尋求諮商的時機」、「如何進行選擇」以及「對諮商的預見」；初入諮商與諮商心理師互動的內涵包括「適應諮商歷程的感受」、「諮商心理師處理與回應」以及「互動引發期望與觀察」；如何決定諮商中止則包含「負向感受持續累積，無法建立信任關係」、「深入需要勇氣與資源」、「諮商心理師的變化」以及「諮商室外的環境」；諮商中止的方式包含「參與者單方告知」與「參與者諮商心理師共同討論」。六位參與者在諮商中止經驗的影響，包含「調整諮商求助行為」與「對諮商態度的變化」。
最後，根據本研究結果提出相關建議供未來諮商實務工作者以及相關研究者進行參考。

This study aimed to investigate clients’ experiences of premature termination in counseling at the community agencies. Six participants were semi-structured in-depth interviewed. The transcriptions were analyzed to explore their experiences of premature termination in counseling.
The results of study were as follow: There were four-stages in the process of premature termination in counseling experiences: “deciding for seeking help”, “initial interaction with counselors”, “interntion about termination emerged” and “action for termination” . Sasa, Ho, Amy and Lion experienced all the four stages, Shan and CH experienced three stages.. The process of deciding for seeking help included “the opportunity for seeking help”, “how to choose” and “the presumption about counseling”. The initial interaction with Counselors included “The feeling of adapting counseling process”, “interventions and feedbacks from Counselors” and “expectations and observations triggered by interaction .The interntion about termination emerged included “negative feelings accummulated and failing to establish relationship”, “probing in counseling need more strength and resources”, “The changes of Counselors” and “environment outside”. The action for termination included: “ notified by clients” and “discussed with counselor”. The influences of premature termination of in counseling included “adjusting the behaviors for seeking help” and “change the attitude toward counseling”.
Finally, the suggestions were provided for counselors and future researchers according to the study results.

第一章　緒論 1
第一節　研究背景 1
第二節　研究動機 2
第三節　研究目的與問題 4
第四節　名詞釋義 4
第二章　文獻探討 6
第一節　諮商中止現象 6
第二節　影響諮商中止之重要因素 10
第三節　諮商中止對當事人的影響 17
第三章　研究方法 20
第一節　研究取向 20
第二節　研究對象 21
第三節　研究工具 22
第四節　研究程序 28
第五節　研究倫理 35
第六節　研究之嚴謹性 35
第四章　研究結果 39
第一節　當事人之諮商中止經驗 39
第二節　諮商中止經驗跨案例分析 74
第三節　諮商中止經驗之影響 85
第四節　綜合探討 87
第五章　研究結論與建議 92
第一節　研究結論 92
第二節　研究建議 95
第三節　研究限制 97
參考文獻 98
附錄一　訪談札記 105
附錄二　訪談同意書 106

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