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Lived experiences of utilizing cultural resiliency to navigate traumatic loss
AbstractExtensive literature focuses on grief and loss and individual levels of resiliency, while less research has been done on cultural resiliency. This phenomenological study examined the lived experiences of using cultural resiliency to cope with traumatic loss in 2020. Compounded grief experiences and effects, emotional impacts, learned resiliency, cultural protective factors, and therapy experiences emerged as themes from these narratives. Implications for the field are provided to expand our thinking about ways to decolonize counseling. (Source: Journal of Counseling and Development)
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - February 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jessica Mel éndez Tyler, Nancy E. Thacker Darrow, Aisha B. Outlaw, Jennifer P. Guffin Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

School counselors ’ perceived school climate, leadership practice, psychological empowerment, and multicultural competence before and during COVID‐19
AbstractFollowing a population-based randomized design, we investigated changes of school counselors ’ psychological empowerment, multicultural competence, and leadership practice, as well as their perception of school climate from before to during COVID-19. Specifically, school counselors were randomized into two conditions: (a) the pre-COVID-19 condition (n = 506) and (b) the current-COVID-19 condition (n = 542). Participants in the pre-COVID condition responded to survey items following a retrospective manner based on their experiences between September 2019 and March 2020. We found that participants in the curren...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - February 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Derron Hilts, Yanhong Liu Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Adverse childhood experiences as context for youth assessment and diagnosis
AbstractAdverse childhood experiences (ACEs) should be considered as context for assessment and diagnosis of depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems for youth aged 0 –18. The researchers conducted a cross-sectional study, using the public data set from the 2017–2018 National Survey of Children's Health, which represented 52,000 households of a nationally representative sample of children ages 0–17. The parent/caregiver participants reported their children aged 0–5 had higher odds than children aged 6–11 and 12–17 of a one-unit increase in ACEs, resulting in anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems. Pro...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - January 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kaprea F. Johnson, Shonn Cheng, Dana L. Brookover, Brett Zyromski Tags: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS Source Type: research

Examining coping and nonsuicidal self ‐injury among adolescents: A profile analysis
AbstractUsing a quasi-experimental, cross-sectional design, we examined coping differences among American adolescents who reported a history of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI;n = 90, 25.7%) and those without a history of NSSI (n = 260, 74.3%). Findings from a profile analysis indicated that a measurable difference in coping profiles may exist between those with a history of NSSI and those without a history of NSSI. Specifically, adolescents who have a history of NSSI appear to rely upon, at higher rates, maladaptive meth ods of coping, including acting out and rumination, in comparison to adolescents who have never enga...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - December 31, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Amanda L. Giordano, Elizabeth A. Prosek, Erika L. Schmit, Michael K. Schmit Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

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Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - December 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

A discourse analysis of cultural humility within counseling dyads
AbstractA growing body of empirical literature has substantiated that cultural humility (CH) contributes meaningfully to a variety of therapeutic processes and outcomes. However, no study has concretely described how CH is linguistically and discursively enacted within therapeutic exchanges. Using interactional sociolinguistic discourse analysis, we explored the sociolinguistic strategies along with three dimensions of CH: (a) cultural teachability, (b) lack of cultural arrogance, and (c) relational orientation. Participants included six pairs of cross-racial counseling dyads. Our analyses of the session and follow-up inte...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - October 19, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peitao Zhu, Dana T. Isawi, Melissa M. Luke Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Profiles of participation in school bullying: Association with student well ‐being
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the bullying participation profiles in relation to the demographic variables (sex, grade, and ethnicity), and to further investigate the associations between the profiles and student well-being indicators. A final sample for analyses consisted of 725 elementary school children (fourth to sixth grades). Four latent profiles were identified through the latent profile analysis: bullying passive bystanding (8.00%), victimized active defending (8.41%), uninvolved passive bystanding (21.24%), and uninvolved active defending (62.35%). Significant group differences were found in key...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - October 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Isak Kim, Hye Yeon Lee, Jun Sung Hong, JoLynn V. Carney, Richard J. Hazler Tags: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS Source Type: research

Counselor performance in treating anxiety and depressive symptoms in integrated care: A client outcomes study
AbstractDepression and anxiety are two of the most common mental disorders treated in Integrated Primary and Behavioral Healthcare programs. We investigated the within and between performance differences of mental health counselors on anxiety and depressive symptomatology in an integrated service with a sample of 1573 clients and 10 licensed professional counselors. The results of growth curves within the framework of Multilevel Modeling showed significant within and between performance differences among counselors treating anxiety and depressive symptoms. Some counselors performed better in treating anxiety symptoms while...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - October 6, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dogukan Ulupinar, Carlos P. Zalaquett Tags: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS Source Type: research

“Battling something bigger than me”: A phenomenological investigation of generational trauma in African American women
AbstractThe lived experiences of eight African American women college students were explored from an interpretive phenomenological analytic framework. The researchers identified six main themes about participants and their reported family dynamics: (a) collectivistic yet disconnected, (b) avoidance, (c) functioning in dysfunction, (d) gendered differences, (e) motivation to change the family's homeostasis, and (f) talking about generational trauma as a motivator to repair communication. Implications for culturally responsive counseling and generational trauma-informed counselor training are discussed. (Source: Journal of C...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - September 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ashlei R. Petion, Catherine Y. Chang, Crystal Brown ‐Thompson, Michelle D. Mitchell, Deaetta Grinnage, Mary E. Huffstead Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Childhood psychological maltreatment, sense of self, and PTSD symptoms in emerging adulthood
This study outlines the relationships among childhood psychological maltreatment (CPM), an understudied form of maltreatment, sense of self (SOS), a developmental construct negatively impacted by trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in emerging adults. Results from regression analysis on a sample of emerging adults (N = 358) indicated CPM to be the greatest predictor of a weaker SOS, even when considered alongside other types of child maltreatment. Among those exposed to CPM, SOS was a significant predictor of PTSD symptoms, explaining 34.1% of the variance in the outcome. Counseling interventions t...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - September 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Justin R. Watts, Nicholas R. Lazzareschi, Yanhong Liu, Deirdre O'Sullivan Tags: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS Source Type: research

The coregulatory effects of emotionally focused therapy
This study examined the heart rate synchrony between a single couple in emotionally focused therapy (EFT) as a method of measuring coregulatory effects over the course of treatment. A clinician who is an EFT certified therapist, supervisor, and trainer administered all eight sessions in a private practice setting. Surrogate synchrony analysis assessed heart rate synchrony between partners, indicating that significant heart rate synchrony was more likely over time. Significant heart rate synchrony was more likely during sessions that focused on clients ’ sharing attachment injuries, bonds, and longings with their partner ...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - September 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julia Conroy, Kristi Perryman, Samantha Robinson, Ryan Rana, Paul Blisard, Michelle Gray Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

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Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - September 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

“Wellness is wholeness”: Explorations of wellness among Black gay men
AbstractThe Indivisible Self Model of Wellness undergirded this mixed methods phenomenological exploration of the conceptualizations and experiences of wellness among nine Black gay men who had not tested positive for HIV. Data sources included in-depth semistructured interviews and participant responses on the Five Factor Wellness Inventory. The following themes emerged from the thematic analysis of the interview transcripts: holistic self-love, spiritual journey, kinship, social responsibility, sexual literacy, and approaches to HIV prevention. Additionally, cross-validation of the qualitative and quantitative data revea...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: J. Richelle Joe, Nevin J. Heard, David J. Ford, Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Advancing access to Medicare ‐funded mental health treatment during the opioid epidemic: A counselor advocacy analysis
AbstractAlthough advocacy is a priority for counseling professionals, little is known about counseling advocates ’ participation in the legislative advocacy process. Recent legislation to address the opioid crisis allowed counseling advocates to provide public comments to advance counselor inclusion in the Medicare program. A thematic analysis of 548 public comments provided on behalf of the counseling profe ssion yielded four categories: advocacy on behalf of (1) the proposed rule change; (2) broader Medicare inclusion; (3) the proposed rule change with an additional request for broader Medicare reimbursement; and (4) n...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jordan B. Westcott, Matthew C. Fullen, Justin Jordan Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Social connectedness, mindfulness, and coping as protective factors during the COVID ‐19 pandemic
This study examined the extent to which social connectedness, dispositional mindfulness, and coping moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression in 1242 adults under the same government-issued COVID-19 stay-at-home mandate. Participants completed measures of anxiety, depression, dispositional mindfulness, social connectedness, and coping, and regression analyses were used to examine associations and interaction effects. Results indicated that social connectedness and dispositional mindfulness were associated with reduced symptoms. For individuals living with a partner, decreased mindfulness and avoidant coping were associat...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stephanie F. Dailey, Maggie M. Parker, Andrew Campbell Tags: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS Source Type: research