社會科學研究的發展，一直都是以所謂的客觀的實證主義科學觀為主，而質性研究的主觀途徑則與實證主義有相當的不同。其實，不管是從客觀或主觀的途徑來探究「真實」，都有其立論的基礎。至今，主觀的詮釋學與批判理論已漸為後現代的科學研究者所應用，許多的哲學家也對於詮釋學注入不同的觀點;但是如何將詮釋學應用至對文本的詮釋，若從目前臺灣諮商心理學的許多論文來看，仍尚看不出有其明確的詮釋之操作步驟與方法。因此，本文的目的在探討詮釋學在諮商歷程研究中的應用，分就詮釋的起源、定不、發展、諮商研究之應用情形，最後介紹胡塞爾之超驗現象學方法，以及Moustakas以此發展之具體的操作步驟，並舉例探討其在諮商研究中之詮釋方法的應用。

Development of the social science is always based on the objective and scientific view of positivism, which is different from the subjective approach of the qualitative research. Whatever objective or subjective approach, both have their own foundation to explore the truth. Many post-modern scientific researchers applied hermeneutics and critical theory to their studies, and developed many views. How to use hermeneutics to interpret the text, has no specific method in studies of counseling and psychology in Taiwan yet. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to explore the application hermeneutics to the studies of counseling process. The origin, definition, development, counseling study of the hermeneutics were explored. Meanwhile, Husserl’s transcendental phenomenology and the method developed by Moustakas were also introduced. In the end, an example was applied through the hermeneutics methods in the study of counseling process.