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Career Counsellors' Professional Agency When Working with Migrants
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Miika Kekki; Jonna Linde – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2024
This article analyses the professional agency of counsellors working with migrants. Using Bernstein's concepts of classification and framing, our thematic analysis draws on interviews with career counsellors from both Finland and Sweden. The results highlight a need for counsellors to recognise the differences in situations of students with…
Descriptors: Counselor Qualifications, Immigrants, School Counselors, Knowledge Level
"A Learning Curve": Counselors' Experiences Working with Sex Trafficking
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Claudia G. Interiano-Shiverdecker; Devon E. Romero; Katherine E. McVay; Emily Satel; Kendra Smith – Professional Counselor, 2024
In this transcendental phenomenological study, we interviewed 10 counselors who have clinical experience working with sex trafficking survivors. Through in-depth individual interviews, participants discussed their lived experiences providing counseling to this population. Our analysis revealed four primary themes: (a) counselor knowledge:…
Descriptors: Counselor Qualifications, Sexual Abuse, Crime, Knowledge Level
"Small Towns Talk": Clinical Competency Described among Rural School Psychologists in Saskatchewan
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Barker, Conor; Carlson Berg, Laurie – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2022
School psychologists serve the learning needs of students through assessment, intervention, and consultation. The school psychologist can often be the only mental health professional who travels into rural communities. In an effort to adapt to this context of clinical isolation, rural school psychologists develop specialty competencies to serve…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Psychologists, School Psychology, Competence
Affirmative Counseling with LGBTQI+ People
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Misty M. Ginicola, Editor; Cheri Smith, Editor; Joel M. Filmore, Editor – American Counseling Association, 2017
This current and comprehensive handbook will guide educators, students, and clinicians in developing the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to work effectively with LGBTQI+ populations. Twenty-five chapters written by experts in the field provide direction for working with clients in an authentic, ethical, and affirmative manner that is…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, LGBTQ People, Counselor Attitudes, Beliefs
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Examination of What Clinicians Know
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McKenzie, Kylie J.; Smith, David I. – Clinical Psychologist, 2006
Undetected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has serious adverse consequences. General practitioners (GPs), psychologists, and psychiatrists all have an important part to play in recognising, assessing, and treating individuals with PTSD. The knowledge level of these clinicians was investigated using a purpose-designed PTSD Knowledge…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychologists, Professional Training, Psychiatry
Awareness of Hypertension among Black College Students: An Exploratory Study with Counseling Implications.
Livingston, Ivor L. – Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, 1982
Explored awareness of hypertension among a sample of Black, urban college students (N=419). Ascertained factors related to awareness of hypertension. Results indicated that the predominant misconception held was that hypertension only affects the elderly. Suggests group counseling methods to increase Black college students' awareness of…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role