ERIC Number: EJ1109757
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 11
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ISSN: EISSN-2164-3989
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Counseling in New Orleans 10 Years after Hurricane Katrina: A Commentary on the Aftermath, Recovery and the Future
Remley, Theodore P., Jr.
Professional Counselor, v5 n4 p431-441 2015
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, the counseling profession in New Orleans has changed. The author, along with a group of counseling and other mental health professionals who were providing services at the time of the hurricane and still working in the city 10 years later, provided their impressions of counseling in New Orleans a decade after the storm. The population of New Orleans and the presenting problems of clients shifted after Hurricane Katrina. The residents have required help from counselors, supervisors, counselor educators and agency administrators in order to adapt to new challenges. The need for counselors to possess skills in trauma counseling was one of the lessons learned from the disaster. Agency administrators also advised using caution after a disaster when considering funding offers and research study proposals. While it may be impossible to prepare thoroughly for each unique disaster, Hurricane Katrina taught counseling professionals in New Orleans that after a disaster, flexibility and creativity are required to survive.
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Natural Disasters, Mental Health Programs, Trauma, Social Change, Change Strategies, Access to Health Care, Learning Experience, Counselor Attitudes, Urban Areas
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana (New Orleans)
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