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Associations between therapeutic working alliance, meaningful experiences, and affective distress
AbstractWe used structural equation modeling to test client meaningful experiences in counseling and the therapeutic working alliance (TWA) as predictors of affective distress, controlling for clients ’ age, gender, race and ethnicity, and length of counseling relationship. In a sample of 306 adult clients engaging in counseling, we a found statistically significant relationship between client meaningful experiences in counseling and the TWA (r = 0.80,p <  0.001). There was a significant and negative direct effect from client meaningful experiences in counseling to affective distress (β = −0.45,p <  0.00...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - October 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ryan M. Cook, Corrine R. Sackett, Heather J. Fye Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Structural invariance of the Global Wellness Model: A national sample
AbstractTotal wellness (combined physical and mental health) is an integral element in the professional identity of counselors. Counselors need wellness-based models with corresponding screening tools to measure their clients ’ wellness. A number of sociodemographic disparities in mental and physical wellness exist among US adults. While a number of wellness models exist (e.g., Global Wellness Model), the literature is missing a model that has been tested for invariance (equivalent meaning) across extant wellness-based sociodemographic variables. Invariance testing is a crucial next step in this line of research, as it i...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - October 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael T. Kalkbrenner Tags: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS Source Type: research

A comparative analysis of counselors ’ right to test over time: Implications for advocacy in the counseling profession
AbstractCounselor's right to utilize assessment, appraisal, and tests, and diagnose has substantive implications for professional counseling, counselor education, the provision of evidence-based practice, and supporting client development across the life span. We identified documents detailing licensure rules and regulations for counselors ’ use of these clinical tools within the contiguous United States, Washington, DC, Alaska, Hawaii, and inhabited U.S. territories. Proportion comparisons over time, Fisher's exact test, and related effect sizes were computed to identify changes over time, as well as trends associated w...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - September 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rochelle Cade, A. Stephen Lenz Tags: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS Source Type: research

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Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - September 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

Latent profiles of counselor burnout: Associations with self ‐discrepancy
AbstractThe purpose of this research study was to identify heterogeneous counselor burnout profiles using a latent profile analysis (LPA) and examine the profiles in association with counselors ’ personal and professional self-discrepancies in counselor qualities. Data from 360 practicing professional counselors were used for analysis. LPA identified four distinct profiles: Well-Adjusted Counselors (n = 167, 46.4%), Disconnected Counselors (n = 68, 18.9%), Impaired Counselors (n = 22, 6.1%), and Persevering Counselors (n = 103, 28.6%). A series of Chi-square tests indicated there were significant associations bet...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - July 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Isak Kim, Donghun Lee, Janghee Lee, Sang Min Lee Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Social determinants of mental health: Implications for measurement, research, and evaluation
AbstractIn this article, we seek to broaden perspectives on program evaluation in the mental health domain. We argue that the social determinants of mental health (SDMH) framework can serve as a theory, within the context of theory-driven evaluation, to guide evaluation practice in counseling and mental health. We posit that applying an SDMH framework enables evaluators to conduct more holistic, systems-focused, and useful evaluations of mental health programs. The SDMH framework facilitates this by (1) serving as an empirically based framework to guide discussions about program design and improvement, (2) helping evaluato...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - July 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sarah Mason, Moira Ragan, Stephanie Hope Gilbert, Stephen Lenz Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

The social determinants of mental health and professional counseling: A call to action
AbstractWe live in a complex and interconnected world with individual- and community-level development and well-being shaped by numerous variables. Given this multi-deterministic nature of development, counselors are called to integrate the social determinants of mental health (SDMH) into key activities including clinical assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, prevention programming, education and training, and scientific inquiry. We discuss the consistency between the humanistic roots of the counseling profession with its values for developmental, preventative, and wellness-oriented care and practices ass...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - July 25, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: A. Stephen Lenz, Matthew E. Lemberger ‐Truelove Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Integrating the social determinants of mental health into case conceptualization and treatment planning
This article provides an introduction to interrelated strategies for integrating the SDMH into client case conceptualizations and treatment plans. Descriptions of core assumptions and activities are provided with examples depicting key areas of opportunity. (Source: Journal of Counseling and Development)
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - July 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: A. Stephen Lenz, Stacey Diane A. Litam Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Educating professional counselors about the social determinants of mental health
We present a rationale for i ncluding the social determinants as a core component of counselor preparation and provide examples to facilitate the incorporation of the social determinants into counselor education curriculum and continuing education efforts. (Source: Journal of Counseling and Development)
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - July 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carl J. Sheperis, Patricia Cuff, Donna Sheperis Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Incidence of client ‐initiated workplace violence among counselors: A national study
AbstractWorkplace violence (WPV) is a global concern and consists of psychological and physical threats or acts. To date, limited data exist to document client-initiated WPV experienced by professional counselors. Survey results from 2616 counselors in 12 states indicate that most counselors have no memory of WPV training from their counselor education programs. Over 75% of the sample experienced WPV. Counselors experience psychological forms of WPV at greater rates than physical forms. Over half of WPV experiences occurred during participants ’ graduate training and in the first 4 years of their professional practice. ...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - July 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Kathleen Kempf, John M. Laux, Tahani Dari, Christine M. Fox Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

“It's like losing a family member”: School counselors’ experience with student suicide
In this study, the authors employed consensual qualitative research to explore the experience of 12 school counselors who encountered student death by suicide. Three domains emerged consisting of five general, four typical, and four variant categories highlighti ng school counselors’ experiences learning about the student suicide, the long-term impact of the student death on school counselors’ personal and professional lives, and their advice for school counselors who experience a student suicide at some point in their careers. Findings have implication s for school counseling practice, counselor educators, and future ...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - July 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jaimie Stickl Haugen, Phillip L. Waalkes, Melanie Burgess, Paula J. Swindle Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Confidential grief: How counselors cope with client suicide
AbstractWe engaged in this study to better understand how counselors cope with and process client suicide. A researcher who also experienced a client suicide conducted interviews with licensed professional counselors (N = 7). Using interpretive phenomenological analysis, we identified eight superordinate themes: (a) professional counseling culture, (b) intense emotional reaction, (c) processing loss, (d) supports, (e) barriers, (f) impairment, (g) disillusionment, and (h) finding meaning. Findings have implicati ons for the counseling profession, counselor educators, agencies and supervisors, counselors, and counselors-i...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - July 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lena Salpietro, Clark D. Ausloos, Madeline Clark, Rosalyn Zacarias, Jacob Perez Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

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Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

School counselors ’ experiences strengthening classroom instruction through professional development
This study's contributions lie in findings that illustrate school counselors ’ nuanced perceptions of the utility of the Understanding by Design instructional approach as a framework for implementing ASCA Student Standards; the utility of learning science as a framework for designing classroom instruction that leads to long-term learning; and supports or challenges to impl ementing classroom instruction in individual contexts. (Source: Journal of Counseling and Development)
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - May 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hilary Dack, Clare Merlin ‐Knoblich Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Social determinants of mental health: Informing counseling practice and professional identity
AbstractThe counseling field, with its grounding in wellness, social justice, and development, is well positioned to adopt a social determinants of mental health framework and lead initiatives to further integrate this type of framework into the larger mental health field. The purpose of this article is to bring together and apply two existing models, the social determinants of mental health and the social determinants of mental disorders, to the field of professional counseling. The authors argue that by adopting this framework, professional counselors will be better positioned to identify and address social determinants ...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - May 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Danielle A. Pester, Laura K. Jones, Zohray Talib Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research