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How Graduate Counselor Education Students Articulate Professional Purpose As It Relates To Clinical Population Selection, Christina M. Riga
How Graduate Counselor Education Students Articulate Professional Purpose As It Relates To Clinical Population Selection, Christina M. Riga
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The purpose of this study was to examine how the ability to articulate a professional purpose informed the lived experiences of master's-level post-practicum students during their practicum experience. This qualitative phenomenologically oriented study used Damon's (2008) definition of purpose, Gestalt principles of figure and ground (Polster & Polster, 1973), van Manen's (1990) four lived existentials, and existing literature regarding the construct of purpose as its theoretical underpinnings. There is no existing literature on how a professional purpose, or the lack of one, factors into a novice counselor's selection of a population with which to work during the practicum experience, and …
Exploring Meanings Of Identity, Selfhood, And Migration In The Lives Of First- Generation Gujarati Asian Indian Americans: A Narrative Study, Reena Sheth
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Asian Indians today are the fastest growing Asian group in the United States. This increase is especially evident post 1965, when changes in immigration policy allowed for greater numbers of immigrants from India. This group of immigrants is poorly represented in the literature, and the present study is an attempt to address this paucity in research within cultural psychology. Central to the present research are questions of migration, self, and identity, specifically, identity of `second wave' Gujarati Asian Indian immigrants in the United States living in the larger Pittsburgh area. Methodologically, this study is qualitative in nature, utilizing in-depth interview …