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Power In The Counseling Relationship: The Role Of Ignorance, Izaak L. Williams, Peg O'Connor

Journal of Human Services: Training, Research, and Practice

This article explores the role of therapist self-disclosure in clinical settings. Distinctions are made between the enmeshed concepts of privacy, secrecy, and confidentiality to elucidate the role of ignorance in maintaining the power dynamics in therapeutic relationships. While some measure of privacy is essential to counseling practice, secretive behavior (in which the counselor divulges too little about themselves) can have a negative impact on the therapeutic relationship and the client’s therapeutic outcomes. There is, therefore, an under-appreciated and delicate balancing act between withholding information to protect the client and the counselor and revealing enough personal details to empower the client’s …

An Interprofessional Collaborative Approach To The Development Of A Content Valid Interview Questionnaire For Persons With Hearing Loss And Their Communication Partners, Nancy A. Delich, Stephen D. Roberts

JADARA

An assessment instrument needs to be valid in order for data to be accurately interpreted and applied. Currently, few rigorous content evaluations have been conducted on hearing-related questionnaires. This study describes a multiphase approach for obtaining content validity evidence in the development of a questionnaire that explores quality of life for persons with hearing loss and their communication partners. A panel of 15 interprofessional experts evaluated 41 questionnaire items for content relevance and content clarity. Findings revealed an overall scale of .99 for content relevance and .85 for content clarity, indicating high content validity for the revised 40-item questionnaire.

Law Library Blog (October 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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Parallel Process Of Professional Identity Development During Clinical Supervision, Nancy E. Thacker, Joel F. Diambra

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Counselors-in-training (CITs) and counselor educators-in-training (CEITs) have a similar need to develop professional identities that are genuine to self and congruent with the counseling and counselor education professions. As CITs and CEITs enter their respective professional roles, they experience a parallel process of professional identity development (PID). This parallel process can be used as a tool to promote PID during clinical supervision. The authors will explore the PID processes of CITs and CEITs, consider their mutual influence on each other’s growth in clinical supervision, and provide a case study application with suggestions for supervision practice that fosters mutual PID.

Mental Health Professionals’ Attitudes Toward Clients With Antisocial Personality Disorder: An Exploratory Study, Edward T. Dunbar Jr., Shari M. Sias, Stephen Leierer, William L. Atherton, Robert J. Campbell, Lloyd R. Goodwin Jr

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

This exploratory study examined mental health professionals’ attitudes toward clients with antisocial personality disorder. Specifically, are mental health professionals’ attitudes influenced by (a) personal experiences with criminal victimization, or (b) contact with clients with antisocial personality disorder. A factorial MANOVA and follow-up univariate ANOVAs revealed a statistically significant main effect in relation to participants’ level of clinical contact with clients having antisocial personality disorder. Participants with higher levels of clinical contact were associated with more positive attitudes towards clients. Implications for mental health professionals, supervisors, and counselor educators are discussed, and suggestions for future research are provided.

Counselor Educators' Teaching Practices In Contemporary Society, Don P. Trahan Jr, Jeanmarie Keim

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Counselor education programs aim to provide students with curricula that enables them to effectively engage culturally diverse populations. However, there are no universal standards for infusing multiculturalism into curricula. This qualitative study provides an in-depth understanding of how various counselor educators infused multiculturalism/diversity into their counseling curricula. Implications for practice and future research are offered.

Application Of Forgiveness In Rehabilitation Psychology: A Positive Option For Change, Susan Stuntzner, Jacquelyn A. Dalton, Angela Macdonald

Counseling Faculty Publications

Throughout the past 25 years, forgiveness has been a part of psychology and studied within many populations. However, forgiveness has not been considered nor promoted as a helpful skill or approach when counseling persons with disabilities or in the rehabilitation counseling/psychology profession at large. In an effort to change this trend by educating the profession on the importance and relevance of forgiveness to the practice of rehabilitation psychology, readers are afforded the opportunity to learn about forgiveness, its application and relevance to persons with disabilities, and to further their understanding of how forgiveness can be conceptualized and explored. Provided in …

Father Presence: Enhancing Counseling By Advocating For And Including Dads, Jeffrey Boatner, Holly Johnson, Diamond Sciequan

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Research reveals that paternal involvement in counseling is vital for children (Panter-Brick, Burgess, Eggerman, McAllister, Pruett, & Leckerman, 2014). In this presentation, attendees will learn the importance of involving fathers and how to do it effectively, based on best practices. Participants will engage in activities and discussion applying presentation content.

Acknowledgment And Treatment Of Racial Microaggressions In The Therapeutic Environment, Tamatha M. Borkcom, Kimberly Harris, Nivishchi Edwards

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Poster Presentation

Career & Lifestyle Balance: Making The Case For Self-Care, Cynthia Doney

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Self-care is not a luxury. Self-care is not a waste of time. Professional self-care in the helping profession is an ethical necessity and must be pursued intentionally by practitioners. Additionally, the concepts must be modeled and taught to emerging professionals in the field.

Parallel Process: Experiences Of First Semester Practicum And Doctoral Students In The Supervision Relationship, Sharon Lewis, Nivischi Edwards, Joy Mwendwa

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Poster Presentation

Using Debono’S Six Hats In University Internship Supervision – Online, Jacqueline Wirth, Summer Kuba

Faculty Publications and Presentations

DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats problem-solving technique was used in several online internship courses in order to facilitate case presentations by counselor trainees. The process and results of this method will be presented along with student testimony of their use of Six Hats during group supervision. Counselor educators will be introduced to this technique and will practice its implementation in order to support counselor interns as they think through each facet of case conceptualization.

Integrating Stress Management, Wellness, And Spirituality In Therapy, Holly Johnson, Jeffrey Boatner

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Integrative psychotherapy considers the unique needs of the client including preferences, motivation, physical ability, personal characteristics, and spiritual beliefs. This session will impart knowledge and provide insights for managing stress, promoting healthy living, and practicing spirituality in a way that best fits the individual’s personal worldview

Intersection Of Post-Traumatic Growth And Forgiveness: A Catalyst For Healing, Jama L. Davis, Robyn Simmons, Kristy Ford

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This presentation will connect the experience of post traumatic growth with the empirical support of forgiveness as an intervention with survivors of trauma. Research specific to the link between Post-Traumatic Growth and Forgiveness will be examined with the formulation of a tool-kit appropriate to this therapy.

Exploring The Myths And Actualities Of The Sex Trafficking Of Vulnerable Populations, Victim Behavioral Risks, And Common Recruitment Tactics, Cynthia Doney, Dave Hollis, Vivian France, Susan Kovoka

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Sex trafficking recruitment takes place through manipulation, exploitation, and coercion. Counselors must know who is vulnerable to recruitment, and how targets are selected. It is vital to learn methods of assessment for discerning if victims are being groomed by pimps through boyfriending or other techniques, and why she allows it.

Enhancing Counselor Site Supervisor Self-Efficacy By Utilizing Modular Participation, Steve Johnson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This program will focus on a curriculum designed to be used by counselor educators to enhance site supervisor sense of self-efficacy, competence, and effectiveness in the role as site supervisors. This program will achieve program learning outcomes by facilitating the transfer of knowledge to skill development through programmatic support of site supervisor’s professional development.

Forward Thinking: Creative Anagogical Strategies In Counselor Education, Anita Knight, Richard Justin Silvey

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This roundtable is designed for the exchange of ideas between educators who seek to utilize innovative and experimental strategies i.e. flipping the classroom, incentivizing participation with behaviorism, and incorporating social media and other technologies to stimulate a community of inquiry within the residential and online counselor ed learning space.

Bridging The Racial Divide With A Viable Demonstration, Melvin Pride, Mark Myers

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Using the Relational Cultural Theory, this presentation will explore the significance of intentional vulnerability, openness and communication on challenging long held cultural beliefs. The presentation consists of two men; one black, one white, exploring each other’s diverse cultural experiences posing a series of racially sensitive questions of each other.

Online Supervision Experiences Of Graduate Counselors-In-Training, Sonya M. Cheyne

Faculty Publications and Presentations

CITs from Liberty University’s online graduate counseling programs will share personal experiences of integrating graduate training into practice with clients. Through the process of fulfilling individual purpose in life during the initial stages of counseling, these CITs will share their unexpected self-discoveries of a meaningfulness while facilitating healing in others.

Grief Counseling From A Multicultural Perspective, Deborah A. Braboy

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Clinicians need to understand death and grief through a multicultural lens. The focus of this workshop will be on helping counselors understand societal and cultural implications that can be obstacles in grief work and to understand issues that can complicate grief as it relates to their ethnicity, race, and/or culture.

Encouraging A Better Practicum/Internship Experience By Developing And Implementing Learning Modules, Stacey Lilley, Steve Johnson, Mary Deacon, Patricia L. Kimball

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The use of developmentally-based series of learning modules in practicum and internship courses will be discussed. These modules are designed to reinforce key knowledge and skills acquired in the program; allowing courses to incorporate their core and specialty area objectives more systematically into their clinical experiences and evaluate their program.

A Phoenix Rising Out Of The Ashes: Using Expressive Arts In Counseling Supervision, Christina Villarreal-Davis, Hughar Hartzenberg

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Utilizing expressive arts in counseling supervision can be a transformative experience. Participants will benefit from this presentation as they learn effective strategies that build the supervisory relationship, increase their knowledge on the effectiveness of expressive arts in supervision, and gain understanding on how to implement an expressive art technique.

The New Adolescent: How Social Media Has Changed The Landscape And How Counselors Can Respond, Jonna Byars, Brad Imhoff, Daria Borislavova White

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Adolescents today occupy a different social space than any previous generation. Technology and social media have changed behavior and relationships, and there are many psychological consequences including rising levels of loneliness, depression, and suicide. As counselors we must recognize the changed world our children inhabit, and develop new strategies for helping teens and those who relate to them. How counselors can best respond to this new social space and original research on the impact of social media in several cultures will be covered.

Mental Health Counseling: A Phenomenological Study Of Afro-Caribbean Christian's Help-Seeking Tendencies, Heather G. Lewis

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological study is to understand the help-seeking tendencies of Afro-Caribbean Christians. The use of social support systems and the impact of generational status on asking for and seeking help is the central phenomenon of the study. Study participants include 10 members selected from a Philadelphia church. The theory guiding this study is social support as it explains the relationship between social support and the use of professional mental health services. Study participants were interviewed using a semistructured interview process, transcribed interviews were analyzed in NVivo a qualitative data analysis software used for data management and analysis. …

Tattoo Narratives And Counseling, Danny Lane Mccarty

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Much research has been done on tattoos and on those who acquire them, but most of the research has focused on negative correlations that might exist with people who have tattoos. This current research, however, showed that people’s tattoo narratives can relate to how they view self, others, and the world, and to how they approach life. A narrative approach to qualitative research was used, and ten people participated in the study. Participants’ views of self, others, and the world were discussed as these views emerged from the narratives. Their possible approaches to life were also addressed. Themes that emerged …

Clinical Mediation: Advocating For A New Role, Dominique S. Hammonds, Nickolas A. Jordan, Jessica L. Block

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Mediation training standards are inconsistent and fail to focus on the pivotal skill set of addressing, understanding, and working with underlying emotions that shape conflict and may prevent mutual goal attainment. The purpose of this article is to explore skills essential to counseling and mediation and advocate for the potential benefits of formally training counselors to facilitate the process of mediation and conflict resolution.

Addressing Anxiety In College: A Mindfulness Group For Use In College Counseling Centers, Sarah Deprey-Severance

Educational Specialist, 2009-2019

This project proposes a mindfulness group to address anxiety in college counseling settings. As will be discussed, anxiety is often cited as the most common presenting concern in college counseling centers, and as the need for mental health services in college is increasing, the necessity for cost effective and timely interventions (i.e., groups) becomes apparent. Research on the efficacy of mindfulness as a treatment for generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder is reviewed, as is the potential for self-compassion to be used as a complement to learning mindfulness skills to address anxiety. Finally, an eight-session group protocol that incorporates …

Developing Information On Mental Health And Counseling Services, Katherine Bustamante

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Taylor Farms Center for Learning (TFCFL) is an afterschool program, which is located in East Salinas, serving primarily 76% of Hispanic and Latino children and families. Providing various programs to break down barriers for children to experience success. Every year in the United States, up to 20% of children and youth experience a mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder but nearly half of all children receive no mental health services. Due to this few agency-sponsored services address this health issue and TFCFL wants to make sure they are offering the right kind of services for their community. This research project will …

Master’S-Level Counseling Students’ Experience Of Expressive Arts Techniques In A Cacrep Multicultural Counseling Course, Cameron Houin

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Counseling governing bodies have defined what should be prioritized in multicultural counseling courses, including students’ multicultural knowledge and awareness; however, best practice regarding how to teach these multicultural concepts has largely been left up to the counselor educator. Counselor educators have begun implementing expressive arts techniques in the classroom, but very little literature exists related to using such techniques in a multicultural course in a manner that positively influence counseling students’ multicultural competency.

The purpose of this study was to explore master’s-level counseling students’ experience of expressive arts techniques utilized during their multicultural counseling course. Ten student participants took part …

Perceived Confidence Ability In Nutrition Counselors, Ryanne Hill

Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado

The field of nutrition education and counseling is continually expanding. It is important for individuals who practice within this field to have confidence in their ability to relay nutritional advice. The University of Northern Colorado's ROTC program paired with dietetics and nutrition, seeking students to provide nutrition education and support. The goal of the ROTC Nutrition Program is to improve the nutritional knowledge of cadets as well as improve the interviewing and counseling ability of the nutrition or dietetic student involved. This program is beneficial to nutrition and dietetics students because most careers in their field include counseling or education. …