This generic qualitative research study aimed to understand how clinical supervisors have supervised counselors grieving a personal loss. The present research on this topic shows that grief-related education and training are lacking in the field of counselor education and supervision, leading grieving counselors to feel unsupported and supervisors…

Group supervision (GSV) is required in counseling programs accredited from Council for Accreditation of Counselor and Related Educational Programs (CACREP, 2016). Although widely used, the literature in group supervision focused on supervisee experiences is limited. In addition, the GSV experience of international counselor-in-trainings (ICIT) has…

This study sought to understand the relationship between experiences of racism within academic settings and sense of belonging to the field of Counseling/Health Service Psychology (C/HSP) for BIPOC graduate students. Further, this study sought to understand the potential mediating role of engagement coping in this relationship, as well as the…

The purpose of this research was to explore master-level counseling students' lived experiences when taking online counselor education courses within the past five years (i.e., 2017-2022). Traditionally, counselor education programs and classes are offered through in-person learning modalities. However, the increased movement and utilization of…

Background: While rehabilitation counseling programs often stress the importance of self-care strategies, which are considered as being both ethically and personally imperative, the integration of direct instruction around these strategies has often been eclipsed by the academic demands of rehabilitation counselor education programs (Tarrasch,…

Universities increasingly integrate online education into their pedagogical practices, utilizing digital tools like video conferencing and discussion boards to enhance learning and foster global collaboration. Research shows that technology influences social interactions and collaborative problem-solving, positively impacting student engagement,…

To address the rapidly increasing demand for culturally and linguistically diverse school psychologists and training needs for international school psychology students in the USA, this study was grounded in the risk and resilience framework and used semi-structured interviews to explore the nuanced experiences of Asian international trainees in…

Refugee adolescents have experiences that affect their abilities to acculturate successfully into a new society. This study highlights how the transition into a new culture might affect adolescent refugees' abilities to form meaningful relationships. It was intended to be a catalyst for empowering this underserved population, to equip school…

Although comprehensive school counseling programs are implemented widely across the country, school counselors face myriad barriers to implementation. As such, we conducted a multilevel, descriptive case study to examine a school counseling cohort preparing to apply for the American School Counselor Association's Recognized ASCA Model Program…

Using phenomenological methodology, the authors examined the first-person accounts of eight international counseling graduates upon re-entry to their home country. Data analysis revealed six composite textural themes and three composite structural themes comprising the lived experience of professional adjustment. The six composite textural themes…

The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to understand the influence that mentoring has on the wellness of African American doctoral alumni of counselor education programs who took part in White mentorship. The gap within the literature consists of two major components: the lack of empirical data that displays the lived…

This study explores the complex relationship between the wounded healer archetype and self-disclosure within clinical and counseling psychology graduate academia. This researcher conducted a literature review of the wounded healer archetype and its intersection with psychological theory and research; self-disclosure and its role in the field, in…

Diversity in terms of class, sexual identity and migration background among medical students in high income countries has increased greatly in recent decades. Some research into the experiences of these new groups of doctors has been performed. However, no previous research into the experiences of psychiatry residents specifically, is known. This…

We explored the mothering experiences of 11 counselor education doctoral student mothers who have at least one young child under the age of 5. Six themes emerged from the study, including ambivalence, increased use of coping mechanisms, striving for balance, "superwoman syndrome," indistinguishable roles, and leading by example.

Supporting school communities following a critical incident (CI) is a stressful, yet established, part of an educational psychologist's (EP's) role. The authors aim to explore whether emotional intelligence (EI), the number of CIs worked, and coping strategies predict EPs' CI self-efficacy, and to gather EPs' views on CI training. Ninety-five EPs…