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This qualitative inquiry focused on exploring counseling students' (N = 22) lived experiences with participating in an experiential workshop focused on creatively exploring messages within body language. The researchers identified six themes: (a) relational-cultural dynamics, (b) vulnerability, (c) authentic connection, (d) self-compassion, (e) embodied wisdom, and (f) feedback. Implications for counseling and counselor training, and recommendations for future research are discussed. The researchers concluded that experiential activities may have the potential to increase internal and interpersonal awareness and skills related to nonverbal communication and embodiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study utilized a multiple case design to explore and uncover the counseling experiences of selected college students of Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges, General Santos City, Philippines, School Year 2023-2024. Five participants were chosen to undergo the in-depth interview. This study utilized the semi-structured interview guide to know the multiple perspectives of the participants to be carefully interviewed. Participants were made to sign informed consents with the assurance of anonymity and confidentiality. The results of the interview were transcribed, translated to produce themes. The following were the key findings that emerged: Stigma and Fear of Judgment, Academic Stress and Overwhelming Anxiety, Coping Strategies and Mechanism, Impact of Counseling Service, Self-Exploration and Personal Growth, Resilience and Empowerment, Importance of the Counselor-Client Relationship, Support System. By addressing stigma, academic pressures, and the multifaceted needs of students while fostering supportive relationships and peer connections, the counseling center can provide more effective and holistic support to college students on their mental health journeys. This study's findings can contribute to landscape college students' mental health and counseling services. These beckon practitioners and institutions to destigmatize mental health concerns, bolster academic support systems, diversify coping strategies, prioritize accessible counseling services, and nurture resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to develop a 21st century skills scale for prospective school counselor. The method used is the research and development. The data were analyzed using content analysis/expert judgment with many-facet Rasch model (MFRM). Three facets were employed: scale, item, and measurement criteria. The initial version of the scale comprises 129 items measuring four aspects: way of thinking, way of working, tools for working, and living in the world. However, 78 items were deemed valid following the expert judgment analysis result. The inter-rater agreement opportunity shows raters’ similarity score of 10,836, implying that experts in this study tend to give similar assessments. This research results in a 21st century skills scale for prospective school counselors with a total of 78 valid items. The purpose of this study was to develop a 21st century skills scale for prospective school counselors that had been fulfilled, the instrument had been tested for validity and reliability based on expert judgment. The current research recommends that further research be carried out to develop a 21st century skills scale instrument for prospective educators in other scientific fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: The Ethical and Legal Issues Self-Efficacy in Counseling (ELICSES) has been developed to evaluate counselors' and psychologists' self-efficacy in ethical and legal issues. Psychometric properties of the ELICSES in Iranian counselors and psychologists remain a largely unexplored realm. The present study, therefore, seeks to translate the scale from English to Persian while also investigating the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the ELICSES. Method: Online sampling was utilized to collect data from four hundred and forty-seven counselors, psychologists, and trainees who participated in the study. Ethical and Legal Issues in the Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale and Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale were used in the study. Finding: The results of face (all items earned greater than 1.5 except one item (1.2)), content (overall CVI > 0.79, CVR > 0.62), and construct validity (CMIN=3.65, CFI=0.922, RMSE=0.45; also AVE> .5 and CR> .7) indicated that the ELICSES held appropriate validity and reliability. Results: The results of the confirmatory factor analysis confirm the three factors of the ELICSES among Iranian counselors, psychologists, and trainees. These results suggested the validity and reliability of the ELICSES in evaluating self-efficacy when it comes to ethical and legal issues among Iranian counselors, psychologists, and trainees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The majority of women who freeze their eggs for non-medical or social reasons, commonly referred to as elective egg freezing (EEF), do not eventually utilize their frozen eggs. This would result in an accumulated surplus of unused frozen eggs in fertility clinics worldwide, which represents a promising source of donation to infertile women undergoing IVF treatment. Rigorous and comprehensive counseling is needed, because the process of donating one's unused surplus frozen eggs involves complex decision-making. Prospective EEF donors can be broadly categorized into those who have achieved motherhood and those who remained childless and have given up on motherhood aspirations. A two-step systematic counseling protocol is proposed. Firstly, it is imperative to verify and ensure that these women do not want to conceive any children with their surplus frozen eggs before proceeding with further counseling and signing of consent forms. Secondly, various motivating and dissuading factors in the donation of unused surplus frozen eggs should then be comprehensively discussed with egg freezers to facilitate informed decision-making. Key motivating factors for donation include reciprocity in wanting to share the joys of motherhood among egg freezers who already have children, goodwill to help others in need, and avoiding the wastage of surplus frozen eggs after expending so much money, time, and effort. Key dissuading factors include fear of accidental incest between natural and unknown donor-conceived offspring, as well as apprehension of unexpected future contact with unknown donor-conceived offspring due to either donor anonymity being abolished in their jurisdiction or widespread consumer DNA testing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) is one of the smart solutions for implementing learning in accordance with the demands of education by integrating technology. The purpose of the study was to analyze the competency level of counselors in Indonesia in terms of age in terms of age, gender, and level of education. The research design used a cross-sectional survey in a non-experimental quantitative study. Respondents in this study amounted to 420 counselors in Indonesia obtained by using a proportional random sampling technique. Data were collected by questionnaire technological pedagogy content knowledge test for counselors (TPACK-TFC). The results of the study found that the TPACK was owned by counselors with an average score of 46.78 in the low category. Judging from the aspect of technology knowledge (TK), a score of 59.88 was obtained in the medium category, content knowledge (CK), pedagogical knowledge (PK), pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), technological content knowledge (TCK), technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) was at a relatively low level. The results showed that Indonesian counselors have not fully integrated learning models using aspects namely technology, pedagogy, and content, and need to get attention from the government, higher education institutions, and the community for the development of quality guidance and counseling services and counselor careers in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This quantitative study focuses on substance use professionals and students who are seeking employment in substance use treatment or support services. Abstinence-based treatment has been and continues to be the primary method of treatment preferred in the United States. Since 1980, harm reduction increased in application in the profession but remains a less popular method of treatment. This study examines substance use professionals and students (N = 141) interested in employment in substance use treatment or support attitudes in harm reduction and whether their beliefs toward these treatment approaches were associated with their personal characteristics. Goddard's Harm Reduction Acceptability Scale and a demographic survey form were utilized to measure the variables. One-way analysis of variance showed that current and aspiring substance use professionals have favorable attitudes toward harm reduction. The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes in substance use treatment approaches by substance use professionals. Results revealed that the professionals have slightly more favorable attitudes toward the harm reduction treatment approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients prepare for a patient’s death. Nursing-care for preparedness is effective for their psychological health. This study aims to structuralize nursing-care for preparedness and extract related factors while presenting the implications for improved quality of care. Data from a cross-sectional survey of general ward and palliative care unit nurses in designated cancer care hospitals (n=561) was analyzed with exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analyses. The results of the analysis, the structure was classified into “Nurse-centered support” and “Support through inter-professional work.” Both supports were practiced significantly more frequently in palliative care units than general wards. Related factors in general wards were; communication skills, cooperation with doctors, the existence of certified nurse/certified nurse specialists as consultants, attitudes toward care of the dying, frequency of death conferences, and cooperation with specialist cancer counselors. Therefore, the results can help improve the quality of family care in palliative care, especially in general wards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This systematic review explores Black therapists' experiences with their Black clients. The search initially identified 459 possible articles. Through the study selection process, following the Cochrane Collaboration's guidelines, the 459 studies were narrowed down to 11 studies. A total of eight qualitative studies and three quantitative studies were identified. The analytic process of this review mirrored that of a thematic analysis due to the proportion of qualitative articles. Five themes emerged: Understanding the Black Experience, Connection to Clients, Working with Black Clients, Working While Black, and Training Black Therapists. Implications for training and supervision are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In every period of life, from childhood and adolescence to maturity, mental health is vital. Good mental health allows individuals to enhance their overall quality of life. However, due to a lack of willingness, many people neither share their mental health issues with their close ones nor seek professional help. To address this issue, we have developed a lifelike counselor who can offer effective and compassionate mental health conversations by uniting natural language processing and augmented reality. The Augmented Humanoid Counselor, a virtual counselor equipped with a conversational model, is designed to give a human touch by assisting individuals to manage their mental health. We have designed various neural network-based conversational models using Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Bi-directional LSTM, and LSTM with an attention layer. The LSTM model, enhanced with an attention layer, enables itself to concentrate on the input sequence's most instructive segments while disregarding the less important ones, and thus has demonstrated its ability to provide more interactive, relatable responses compared to other models. This conversational model is used by our Augmented Humanoid Counselor to respond to the user in a sympathetic way to give them support for their mental health and make them feel better. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Collaboration competence is a competence that needs to be mastered by every guidance and counseling teacher. It functions as a means of supporting the provision of guidance and counseling services at a school. Further, interdisciplinary collaboration is partnership cooperation in a team that involves professionals from various fields of science. It is done through coordination and collaboration for the sake of having the best decision-making in an effort of developing programs. This study attempted to determine the level of guidance and counseling teachers' interdisciplinary collaboration competence viewed from gender, age, and educational levels. In terms of methods, the current study used the scale of the Index of Interdisciplinary Collaboration (IIC) designed by (Bronstein, 2002). A total of 1161 guidance and counseling teachers throughout Indonesia were selected as respondents. Their data were analyzed using a descriptive analysis technique. Based on the findings, it is concluded that the overall level of guidance and counseling teachers' collaboration competence is low. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article investigates whether there are differences in religious and spiritual (R/S) beliefs, attitudes, practices, training, and self-assessed competence between counselors and psychologists in Canada. Researchers surveyed 307 mental health professionals in Canada with two standardized measures (the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments Scale and the Duke University Religion Index) and various other questions corresponding to variables investigated or alluded to in past research. We hypothesized that, compared with psychologists, counselors would (a) have stronger personal R/S beliefs, (b) demonstrate more positive attitudes about the appropriateness of using R/S techniques with clients, (c) utilize R/S techniques more in sessions, (d) possess more positive attitudes toward training in this area, and (e) have higher self-assessed competence for working with R/S clients. These hypotheses were generally supported except for the last one: there were no significant differences found between counselors and psychologists in self-assessed competence in working with R/S clients. We compare our findings to those of extant research, particularly the study by Plumb who examined counselors in Canada. On the basis of our findings, we advocate for more systematic cultivation of R/S competence in programs for both counselors and psychologists in Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mind skills become the counselor's internal competencies that support the counselor's self-development in providing guidance and counseling services. Mind skills consist of six components that are interrelated and often integrated. The metacognitive thinking process is the key to success in how counselors can manage their thoughts and mental states through these six components. This study examined the success of the reverse roleplay training strategy to improve the counselor's mind skills. The method was quasi-experimental quantitative with a pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were 31 counselors in Malang Raya, Indonesia. Data analysis in this study used two stages, descriptive statistical analysis and hypothesis test. The results showed that the counselor's mind skills achievements before and after the intervention marked a difference with significant increase. Reverse roleplay increased the participants' understanding and experience of the thoughts, perceptions, and feelings from broader perspectives. The counselor's mental experiences involved during counseling sessions become a "full presence" for the therapeutic relationship. This research suggests further research to explore the counselor's mental experiences in detail. As for practical implication, the reverse roleplay is recommended as a training design for improving the internal competencies of counselors and educators in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The development of today's human era will enter the era of society 5.0. In this era, technology and humans are made the most important center for the development of life. Students in the era of society 5.0 are required to be able to develop soft skills and abilities so that they become material in dealing with changes and human development. The purpose of this article is to determine the role of counseling teachers for student readiness in entering the era of society 5.0 by using qualitative research methods in a systematic review used to synthesize (summarize) the results of research that are descriptive qualitative in nature with sources from several international, national, and international journals. a book that will produce information in the form of notes and data in a descriptive form based on literature studies through references relevant to research. As for the results of this study, students have challenges when entering the era of society 5.0, one of the challenges is that students must be able to develop and improve their abilities in facing the era of society 5.0. In developing and improving the abilities of students. Counseling guidance teachers can provide counseling guidance services that are innovative, creative and up-to-date in accordance with the needs of students which are adapted to the times.

Emotional intelligence and empathy are important in counseling practice and the counselor's life. The aim of this study was to identify demographic predictors of emotional intelligence, empathy, and general health and determine the predictive relationship between the three variables. In the cross-sectional case study, 133 counselors from Accra Metropolis were administered an online self-report survey consisting of the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, Empathy Scale, and General Health Questionnaire. Findings revealed that emotional intelligence and empathy significantly predicted general health (F = 10.159, p0.05). Additionally, there was no difference in empathy (F=0.887, p>0.05, partial η2=0.021) and emotional intelligence (F = 0.05, p>0.05, partial η2=0.00) between licensed professional counselors and licensed lay counselors. Maintaining the health of counselors is very important because it has an impact on professional competence and on counseling practice. Thus, counselors and training institutions are expected to deepen efforts in creating awareness of the need to protect counselors' health for the benefit of clients and uphold the effectiveness of counselor practice.

This paper draws on themes from The Vanishing Half and intersectionality theory to evaluate the usefulness of the term 'white passing' for psychological therapists, counsellors and psychotherapists exploring racial identity phenomena in their practice. The context for 'white passing' as a historic method for surviving racial injustice is discussed. This will involve consideration of how the systematic invisibility of whiteness has been a cause for harmful racialization of individuals past and present. The conclusion is that 'white passing' as a flattened identity label contains dangerous rhetoric about how far racialized individuals are allowed to 'fit' into society by those that oppress them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Turkish society, individuals who possess various qualities and roles such as wisdom, counselor, guide, intelligence, and justice have been considered important and referred to by different names. One of these designations is the concept of “aksakal” (white beard), which refers to individuals who are distinguished by their wisdom, counsel, and guidance in Turkish society. These individuals actively contribute to various aspects of life, including social, cultural, political, and religious spheres. The Kyrgyz people are an exemplary Turkic tribe where this phenomenon is prominently observed. This study aims to explore the significance of the aksakal concept in the historical and contemporary contexts of the Kyrgyz community and its impact on society. Data for the research was gathered through a comprehensive analysis of diverse sources utilizing the content analysis method. The analysis demonstrates the influential role of aksakals in Kyrgyz social, political, religious, and cultural life, which is also reflected in literary works. Thus, it can be concluded that aksakal represents a unifying and cohesive element that fosters integration and solidarity within the Turkic world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This descriptive phenomenological study focused on counselor educators' (CESs) experiences infusing military culture into counseling curriculum. Specifically, this study sought to learn what counseling programs can do to best prepare counselors-in-training to work with military families. The researchers used the McCracken (1988) method to interview ten participants who had terminal degrees in counselor education or a highly related field, experience providing services to military-connected clients, and were aware of military cultural facets (e.g., implicit and explicit expectations, rules, and ways of being). The findings support the need to redefine multiculturalism and intentional infusion of military culture in counseling curriculum to increase counselors' awareness of military culture to provide more effective services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the study was to determine the ego resilience and life satisfaction of older people both residents of old-age shelter homes and living with families. The study was cross sectional quantitative research design. Data collection was gathered from various shelter homes and various domestic setups in Lahore. The method used for data collection was a survey method. 150 women and 150 men responded were conveniently selected. The sample comprised of 75 males and 75 females from old houses and 75 males and 75 females from families within age group 60 to 90 years in Lahore areas. The questionnaire used for data collection was standardized scale; Ego resilience scale and the Life satisfaction scale. Results of the study concluded that resilience and satisfaction from life were found to be the same in both groups of older living in old age homes and living with families. Family counselors will use this study to know about the current issues of society usually in families now a day and they will be able to give counseling to the families to respect and love their older and not send them to old age homes because when they went to old houses their positive resilience and satisfaction with life will be changed into negative reactions and experiences of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Changing life conditions, which require different skills related to more life, have also brought new technological developments. This situation has increased the need for individuals, especially online applications. One of the areas where this need is felt is the field of psychological counseling and guidance (PCG), which is one of the areas of specialization where structured group practices called group guidance/group psychoeducation are carried out the most. The ease with which technology is offered to users, such as accessibility and accessibility, has allowed the work carried out by psychological counselors to be transferred to online environments. In this context, it seems important to have detailed information about online psychoeducation programs and to provide resources to experts who will work in the relevant field. The aim of the research is to evaluate the scientific reports on "online psychoeducational programs" between 2010-2022. In order to systematically examine the scientific reports made within the scope of the relevant years, the document review method was preferred. As a result of the systematic review carried out, it is seen that the number of studies conducted in Turkish and English is equal, with 65% of the scientific reports being made by female researchers. It was concluded that all of the scientific reports were made by the advisors with the title of professor, the most among the advisor titles of the scientific reports within the Institute of Educational Sciences and the Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling. It is seen that 55% of the scientific reports examined are in the type of articles, the most preferred type of research is quantitative research with 50%, when the research models are examined, it is seen that the experimental research model is used the most with 55%, and 38% of the research populations are universities. In the scientific reports examined, it was concluded that the sampling preference was random sampling with 38%, students were the data sources with 72%, scales were the most preferred data collection tools, and statistical analysis methods were the most preferred among the data analysis methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through work motivation as an intervening variable, this study aims to find out how Competence, workload, and work environment affect the performance of guidance and counseling (BK)/counselor teachers at public high schools, vocational schools, and MA in West Jakarta. The population and sample comprised 94 guidance and counseling teachers/counselors from public high schools, vocational schools, and Islamic high schools in West Jakarta. The results showed that Competence, workload, and work environment affect work motivation. The variable that has the most significant influence on the work motivation of counseling teachers is Competence in the Professional Competence dimension based on the indicator of implementing a comprehensive counseling work program. The variable that has the most significant influence on the performance of counseling teachers is the Work Environment from the Physical Work Environment dimension based on the workplace building indicator. Workload negatively affects the performance of counseling teachers but is not significant. Work motivation partially mediates Competence in influencing the performance of counseling teachers/counselors and partially mediates the work environment in influencing the performance of counseling teachers/counselors. In contrast, work motivation cannot mediate workload on the performance of counseling teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using a consensual qualitative research method, we interviewed 16 counselors on the challenges that they experienced when working in integrated behavioral healthcare settings. We identified five domains and 13 core ideas among all domains. We also discussed the implications for future counselor training and research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the current study, an initiative that focuses on bilingual proficiency among masters-level counseling students provided the opportunity to qualitatively answer the question: For Latina/o bilingual graduate students who are training to be licensed counselors, what is the meaning behind pursuing and obtaining recognition of their Spanish language proficiency? The thematic findings from ten interviews illuminate topics related to bilingualism in post-baccalaureate education with respect to programing and scholarship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Inmates often accuse correctional officers and prison guards of mistreatment and abusing their power; however, much less is known about how inmates react to correctional counselors. In this study responses to Likert scale items revealed inmates largely perceived counselors as fair and respectable. However, the focus of this exploratory analysis was to review inmates' written responses about their perceptions, experiences, and interactions with correctional counselors. A content analysis revealed themes including "not helpful"; "respectful"; "no contact"; and "caseload concerns" emerged. Written comments were analyzed separately for male and female inmates. A narrative compiled the most comprehensive comments and provided an overall picture about inmates' perceptions of correctional counselors. Findings revealed female inmates more often described correctional counselors as rude and disrespectful than male inmates; however, male inmates more often expressed concern that counselors were not adhering to prison policies. Female and male inmates alike criticized correctional counselors for having a general lack of knowledge or were incompetent in their job and they believed counselors were not motivated or lacked responsiveness to inmate requests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Children and adolescents are considered as the valuable asset of any country. Such an emphasis is obviously based on the immense potentials of the youth persons to contribute intellectually, politically and economically to the society. They need to be well adjusted to their physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual competences need to be properly developed. This is achieved through family, school community and society. Among all these agencies, the school system and the teachers play a vital role in molding healthy personalities. If a favorable environment is produced in schools, it would go a long way in promoting the mental health of children and adolescents, preventing several emotional problems, and offering timely intervention for their psychological problems through appropriate psycho social care by school counselors. The study is a modest attempt to examine the effectiveness of counseling services offered to the students and the difference it creates in certain domains of their personality. The research design is descriptive in nature and the sampling technique adopted for the study is stratified random sampling. From the findings it was concluded that, even though the emotional maturity level increases after a good counseling, it was observed that the results among adolescent boys showed a sheer decline in emotional maturity after their counseling. This shows some revamp in counseling models as such.

Innovation is about creativity and the improvisation of new ways and techniques suited to the individual. Guidance and counseling are essential parts of teaching and learning in Ghana. Regarding guidance and counseling in schools, new ideas and creativity can help a country's technological, social, and economic growth. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the effect of the counselor's service innovation behavior on effective counseling delivery and the feeling of psychological safety of the student-client in Ghana. The study hypothesized that the University Counselors' service innovation behavior will more than likely impact students' satisfaction and feeling of psychological safety; students' satisfaction in counseling will significantly affect their feeling of psychological safety; the service innovation behavior of the counselors will significantly impact students' psychological safety through their feeling of satisfaction in counseling, and; There will be an interactive effect between Students' satisfaction in counseling and counselors' service innovation behavior and clients' psychological safety. This study employed a quantitative approach with a cross‐sectional research design. The respondents were engaged using purposive and convenience sampling techniques. The PLS-SEM analysis revealed that counselors' service innovation behavior significantly positively affects clients' satisfaction and psychological safety. The results and the implications of the study are further discussed below.

This study explores how trainee counselors, who have a Christian faith, experience the impact of person-centered counselor training on their faith. The research question was: 'How do trainee counsellors who have a Christian faith experience the impact of person-centred counsellor training on their faith?' The aims were: to explore the possible impact of person-centered counselor training on Christian faith; to explore trainees' level of comfort at exploring issues of faith on the course; and to understand how counselor trainees who have a Christian faith perceive their faith 'fits' with person-centered theory. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Findings point to the centrality of God within the process of becoming a person-centered counselor, from the decision to train, to interpretation of theory. All participants reported no, or limited, input from tutors on religious and spiritual issues. Differing levels of comfort were felt in the disclosure and exploration of their religious faith whilst training, citing supervisors of Christian faith or church members as the main sources of support with religious or spiritual issues. All participants experienced changes to their religious beliefs and practices, which occurred during and after the course of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Transgender individuals are often faced with "stigma and not being accepted" in society. These attitudes towards transgender individuals can significantly affect their mental, emotional, and social lives. One of the most important emotional and social needs of these individuals is "being accepted and valued by others". Professionally, counselors have important roles and responsibilities in helping these individuals understand, accept, and assert their identity. Therefore, first of all, it is necessary to determine the perceptions of the counselor candidates on this issue. As such, this study consists of two main parts. In the first part of the study (Study 1), a Turkish adaptation study of the "genderism and transphobia subscale" in the Revised Form of the Genderism and Transphobia Scale was carried out on 273 voluntary counselor candidates. In the second part of the study (Study 2), whether gender, cognitive empathy and affective empathy predicted the perception of genderism and transphobia was examined among 216 volunteer counselor candidates. In the light of the findings obtained, it was seen that the "genderism and transphobia" subscale in the revised form of the scale in Study 1 has appropriate psychometric properties for counselor candidates. In Study 2, it was seen that gender and cognitive empathy predicted the perception of genderism and transphobia, whereas affective empathy did not. These results were examined in the context of Turkey's sociocultural characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Building a harmonious Teacher-Student Relationship (TSR) is a necessary work for college student management, because different TSRs can result in different effects in student management and cultivation. However, in existing studies, the definitions of harmonious TSR given by different scholars are dimensionless, the understandings of the nature of TSR is not thorough enough, and the analysis of the influencing factors of TSR often lacks the support of theoretical evidences. To overcome these shortcomings, this paper aims to study the construction and adjustment methods for the TSR in college student management based on big data analysis. At first, the paper investigated the daily behavioral features of college students on online management platforms; then, with the help big data analysis and data processing techniques, this paper calculated the fitness degree of harmonious TSR between college students and the counselors and other administrators who engaged in student management works and have interacted with them. After that, based on the calculation results of the said fitness degree, this paper built a basic interactive network for college student management works, and gave the method for dividing student management groups. At last, experimental results verified the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: Sexual minorities experience higher rates of psychological distress than heterosexual people, likely due to minority stress. While rates of help‐seeking by sexual minorities are high, sexual minorities report greater dissatisfaction with mental health service providers. This dissatisfaction may result from poor cultural competence practices. Our study sought to determine the importance of service provider cultural competence practices to a community sample of sexual minority people. Methods: Participants (n = 274) were sexual minority Australians recruited from affirming Facebook groups, organizations, and research‐based organizations. To measure the importance of cultural competence practices, participants completed a modified online version of the Gay Affirming Practices Scale (GAP) and responded to open‐ended questions. Results: Between 80% and 99% of participants endorsed each item on the GAP, indicating the importance of service providers demonstrating an array of culturally affirming practices. No significant associations were found between overall GAP score and age or sexual orientation, though further analyses revealed individual items on the GAP showed associations with age. A structured tabular thematic analysis, of open‐ended participant responses, found positive attitudes, knowledge, and affirming practices were the three most important characteristics for service providers seeking to demonstrate culturally competent practices, mirroring the tripartite model (attitudes, knowledge, and skills) of cultural competence. Conclusion: Recommendations for service providers to demonstrate cultural competence include: utilizing affirming practices such as inclusive language, increasing knowledge about sexual minorities, and utilizing education resources such as cultural competence workshops, lived experience stories, and seeking mentorship from service providers with expertise in working with sexual minorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Empathy is one of the necessary conditions of therapeutic personality change. Inaccurate empathy becomes a hinder of counseling outcome. Previous studies demonstrated that empathic responses could be modulated by facial attractiveness. However, what remains to be clarified is that whether the counselors' empathic responses are affected by facial attractiveness. To investigate this question, the present study compared empathic responses to high-attractive-facial and low-attractive-facial expressions in the counselors and the matched controls. The results showed that no significant difference between empathic responses to high and low attractive facial expressions was found in the counselors. On the contrary, empathic responses were significantly stronger for highly attractive facial pictures with happy expression, but weaker for highly attractive facial pictures with sad expression. The contrast between the counselors and the controls sheds light on the psychological mechanism through which the counselors show their enhanced capability of overcoming empathy bias due to their professional training. The study offers an opportunity to better understand the counselors' empathy ability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How counselors understand and use nature-based counseling (NBC) practices is unknown. We investigated a national random sample of counselors, psychologists, and social workers' (N= 406) attitudes toward, uses of, and barriers for integrating NBC practices. We found helping professionals who are EcoWell, have a broad definition of NBC, identify as a counselor, have prior training in NBC, and report fewer barriers to implementation are more likely to use NBC, regardless of practice setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Background Counseling for adolescents who consider or attempt suicide may help reduce suicide rates. However, the impact of the type of counselor (e.g., father, mother, sibling, friend, teacher, other) on suicidal ideation/suicide attempts remains unclear. Therefore, we examined this association in Korean adolescents. Methods Using data from the 2015 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey of 65,485 adolescents, we examined risk factors for suicidal ideation/suicide attempts according to sex using a multiple logistic regression analysis. In a subgroup analysis, we investigated the associations between counselor type and suicidal ideation/suicide attempts stratified by the cause of stress for both sexes. Results Male participants were less likely to consider suicide when counseled by their mother (odds ratio [OR] 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.70–0.90) or friend (OR 0.89; 95% CI 0.80–0.99) and to attempt suicide when counseled by a friend (OR 0.74; 95% CI 0.60–0.92) than were those who did not receive any counseling. Female participants were less likely to attempt suicide when counseled by their mother (OR 0.66; 95% CI 0.53–0.82) or friends (OR 0.70; 95% CI 0.58–0.83) than when not counseled. Furthermore, adolescents with achievement/career choice-related and family problems were at a lower risk of suicide ideation/suicide attempts when counseled by their mother or friend than when they received no counseling. Conclusions Suicidal ideation/suicide attempts showed different associations for both sexes in accordance with the type of counselor. Even if counseling by specialists for issues such as achievement/career choice-related or family matters is needed, the risk of suicide could be reduced through counseling by the people around them. Therefore, adolescents should form mutually supportive relationships through active communication with surrounding people.

Personal qualities have been a primary focus of human resource development researchers. This factor has also been studied by researchers in the realm of professional family counselling services, albeit with limited published results. This article aims to examines the personal qualities a counsellor must possess in order to provide effective family counselling service. This study employs a qualitative approach with case study method. Technique of data collections involved 2 to3 rounds of in-depth interview with semi-structured interview protocols. It explored the perspectives and experiences of twelve counsellor practitioners who provide family counselling at three existing government agencies in Malaysia that provide family counselling services to the community. The results show that there are 10 personalities that form the personal qualities of counselors, namely i. Willingness to learn, ii. High motivation, iii. Genuine, iv. Selfconfidence and self-competence, v. Proactive, vi. Humanistic vii. Willingness to help, viii. Working Relationships, ix. The interweaving of social relationships and x. Interest. All of these personal qualities contribute to the effectiveness of the family counselling process. Therefore, education and training at the Bachelor's and Master's levels in HEIs should be taken seriously in order to produce counsellors with the required personal qualities to serve as competent family counsellors in Malaysian government agencies. To ensure quality service, existing counsellors in government agencies should receive continuing education and training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the findings about the importance of social support network in the success of treatment and long term recovery, this article will provide an insight of the successful elements in addiction individual and group counseling interaction through which addicts manage to overcome the denial of addiction, to accept the recovery program, to go through the stages of recovery, and to identify appropriate research methods for understanding the phenomenon of interaction in recovery from addictions. This exploratory study will attempt to identify an innovative perspective of the aspects pertaining to the recovery from addiction which are susceptible to be disclosed primarily by using methods inspired by the analysis of interactions. The method used in research is qualitative focus group with addictions counsellors and people in recovery, working in a counseling center. Using the application of ELAN software to annotate and transcribe interactions from the video and audio recordings, it will situate the research on addiction and recovery from addiction in the larger field of investigations on communication processes in human interactions in various cultural, social and professional contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effective implementation of empirically supported interventions is critical for the mitigation of problematic substance use. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) has been identified as an efficacious approach for initial response to individuals who have, or are at risk of developing, a substance use disorder. For SBIRT to be delivered appropriately, helping professionals must be adequately trained in its implementation. As a part of a three-year grant project, counselor educators at a large Midwestern university provided intensive training on SBIRT to students in a counselor education program. The outcomes of this training, specifically related to satisfaction, opinion, knowledge, and perceived competence, are presented in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the beginning of the 20th century in the U.S., psychological intervention one might say that have been born. This research started from the following hypothesis: there is a correlation between the awareness of the existence of counseling offices and the degree of addressability to the services offered by counseling offices. The method used was a questionnaire survey (Alpha Cronbach coefficient is .790), applied on 207 students. The existence of the counselling office in the university is unknown for 54.6% of students (113 subjects) and there are 55.1%>(114 subjects) who do not know that there is a counselling office within the university, registering a correlation of .657** (p-0.01). Due to not knowing about the existence of this office and the services offered by it, the 152 subjects - there are 73.4%> who never called the counselor, and they come as a negative consequence, unfortunately. Out of 23 students - 11.1% very rarely addressed counselling services and 16 students -7.7% rarely called the services of the counseling office. Only 1 student - 0.5% and 3 students -1.4%o say they have very often or often turned to the counselling office in their student life. A number of 12 students - 5.8% declare that they have turned to the school counsellor every now and then. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The population health burden of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) reflects a critical need for evidence-based provider training. Rural children are also more likely than urban children to have any ACEs. A large proportion of providers are unaware of the detrimental effects of ACEs. There is a significant documented need for training providers about ACEs and trauma-informed care, in addition to a demand for that training., Objective: The objective was to develop, implement, and evaluate an online ACEs training curriculum tailored to Missouri providers, particularly those in rural areas given the higher prevalence of ACEs., Methods: From July 2021 to June 2022, we conducted literature reviews and environmental scans of training videos, partner organizations, clinical practice guidelines, and community-based resources to curate appropriate and tailored content for the course. We developed the ACEs training course in the Canvas learning platform (Instructure) with the assistance of an instructional designer and media designer. The course was certified for continuing medical education, as well as continuing education for licensed professional counselors, psychologists, and social workers. Recruitment occurred via key stakeholder email invitations and snowball recruitment., Results: Overall, 135 providers across Missouri requested enrollment, with 72.6% (n=98) enrolling and accessing the training. Of the latter, 49% (n=48) completed course requirements, with 100% of respondents agreeing that the content was relevant to their work, life, or practice; they intend to apply the content to their work, life, or practice; they feel confident to do so; and they would recommend the course to others. Qualitative responses supported active intent to translate knowledge into practice., Conclusions: This study demonstrated the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of interprofessional workforce ACEs training. Robust interest statewide reflects recognition of the topic's importance and intention to translate knowledge into practice., (© Julie M Kapp, Rachel Dicke, Kathleen Quinn. Originally published in JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting (https://pediatrics.jmir.org).)