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Identifying and presenting the professional development models of counselors of counseling and psychology centers in Tehran can help them perform reasonably and appropriately and improve their abilities. The current research was conducted with the aim of designing the model of professional development of counselors of counseling and psychology centers in Tehran based on the Grounded Theory.

The present study is of a qualitative type, which was conducted with the Grounded Theory approach. The statistical population of this research included all counselors of counseling and psychology centers in Tehran in 2022. The method of sampling was purposive and snowball. The number of samples reached 21 semi-structured interviews using the principle of theoretical saturation. In this research, to measure the validity of the findings, 4 criteria of credibility, generalizability, reliability and verifiability were used, and the method of reviewing the interview texts by the interviewees and the two-coder method was used to measure the reliability of the findings. Data analysis was done with open, axial and selective coding. 

The components of causal conditions include work conscience, purposefulness, interest, motivation for growth and development, and correct policy making; the components of the phenomena include improving knowledge and strengthening individual characteristics; the component of the context include the organization of psychology and counseling and excellent quality of education; the component of intervention conditions include lack of scientific flexibility, lack of scientific openness and commercialization of education; the component of strategies included individual and collaborative strategies, and the component of consequences included building trust in referred, increasing the self-confidence of counselors, increasing the quality of counseling, and therapeutic alliance. 

6 selected codes under the title of components (causal condition, background, phenomena, intervention, strategies, and consequences), 16 axial codes, and 118 open codes were identified. It is suggested that the authorities of higher education and the organization of the psychology and counseling system consider the designed model and provide a suitable platform for the professional development of counselors of counseling and psychology centers in Tehran.

The counselors’ professional development seeks education and skills training, experience, and expertise, not only in one field but for the present and the future.

The present research was conducted to design and study the psychometric properties of the “Counselors’ Professional Development Scale".

The current research was a mixed exploratory design and tool making. The statistical population of this research included all counselors of counseling and psychology centers in Tehran in 2022. The number of samples reached 12 semi-structured interviews, which were selected by purposive sampling. Construct validity and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were used to examine the psychometric properties of the Counselors' Professional Development Scale.

The results of the present study showed that the Counselors’ Professional Development Scale has Cronbach's alpha reliability and adequate construct validity in a sample including counselors of counseling and psychology centers in Tehran.

The Counselors’ Professional Development Scale in the theoretical framework of 6 selected codes based on the grounded theory was designed and the results indicate the desired reliability and validity of the present tool. It is suggested that the authorities of higher education and the organization of the psychology and counseling system consider the designed tool and provide a suitable platform for the professional development of counselors.
Keywords: Counselors, development, professional, psychometric

The current research was conducted with the aim of predicting the professional development counselors based on causal conditions with the mediation of individual and collaborative strategies.

The present study is of qualitative and quantitative type, which was conducted with the Grounded theory method. The statistical population of this research included all the counselors who were working in counseling centers in Tehran in 2023. Using the principle of theoretical saturation, the number of samples reached 21 semi-structured interviews, which were selected by purposive sampling. Data analysis was done with open coding, axial coding and selective coding. In the quantitative part of the sample size of the research, using the table of Koresji and Morgan, the number of 201 people was estimated, and they were selected by purposive sampling. Path analysis and LISREL software were used for data analysis.

According to qualitative research data analysis, for "causal conditions of professional development of consultants", 5 components of work conscience, purposefulness, interest, growth and development motivation and correct policy, for "strategies of professional development of consultants", 2 individual and collaborative components, and for " Consequences of the professional development of counselors", 4 components of building trust in clients, increasing the quality of counseling, increasing the self-confidence and motivation of counselors and forming a therapeutic alliance were identified. The results showed that the causal conditions had an indirect effect on the results (t>1.96) and the strategies only had a direct effect on the results (t>1.96).

Paying attention to causal conditions such as work conscience, purposefulness, interest, motivation for growth and development, and correct policies as well as individual cooperative strategies of consultants can improve the quality of consultants' work.