Predicting Self-Esteem and Intentions to Seek Counseling: The Internalized Stigma Model
This investigation introduced the Internalized Stigma Model to test the mechanisms by which the stigma of mental illness and of seeking psychological help affect self-esteem and intentions to seek counseling. We hypothesized that both stigmas would predict decreased self-esteem, but only stigma of seeking psychological help would predict decreased intentions to seek counseling. Furthermore, we predicted that these links follow a process wherein people’s perceptions of societal stigma are fully mediated by internalization of that stigma. Public stigmas predict their respective self-stigmas, which subsequently predict ...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lannin, D. G., Vogel, D. L., Brenner, R. E., Tucker, J. R. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
Mindfulness, Psychological Flexibility, and Counseling Self-Efficacy: Hindering Self-Focused Attention as a Mediator
The purpose of this study was to explore the mechanism by which counselor trainees’ mindfulness and psychological flexibility are positively associated with counseling self-efficacy. First, it was hypothesized that having fewer experiences of hindering self-focused attention (i.e., counselor trainees’ awareness of their own anxiety and distracting thoughts in sessions) would mediate the association between mindfulness and counseling self-efficacy. Second, it was hypothesized that having fewer experiences of hindering self-focused attention would mediate the association between psychological flexibility and coun...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wei, M., Tsai, P.-C., Lannin, D. G., Du, Y., Tucker, J. R. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
Multiple Oppressions and the Mental Health of Sexual Minority Latina/o Individuals
This study investigated the additive and interactive relations of two forms of external oppression (racist discrimination and heterosexist discrimination) and internalized oppression (internalized racism and internalized heterosexism) with psychological distress, life satisfaction, and self-esteem in a sample of 173 sexual minority Latina/o adults. A combination of external and internalized oppressions was associated uniquely with psychological distress whereas the two internalized oppressions were linked uniquely with life satisfaction and self-esteem. The Racist discrimination x Internalized racism, Racist discrimination...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Velez, B. L., Moradi, B., DeBlaere, C. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
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Source: The Counseling Psychologist - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Results of Immersion Service Learning Activism With Peers: Anticipated and Surprising
Despite the emphasis on multicultural counseling competence and social justice in counseling psychology, the mechanisms behind building skills related to effective work remain elusive. This qualitative study explored the experiences of student-participants during a service learning course based on social justice principles in Belize. The researchers sought to inform how a non-traditional teaching methodology—immersion service learning activism—might affect these students’ development. The researchers used Consensual Qualitative Research to analyze interviews and journals through a collaborative and reflec...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Koch, J. M., Ross, J. B., Wendell, J., Aleksandrova-Howell, M. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
International Education and Service Learning: Approaches Toward Cultural Competency and Social Justice
The field of counseling psychology continues to see a perpetual underutilization of mental health resources by many cultural groups, including international populations. Underutilization of services is due, in part, to psychologists’ deficiency in cultural and international competency. International education—an experiential learning technique that involves cultural contact—has been proposed as an alternative method for training students to work effectively cross-culturally. The current article examines the effects of service learning embedded in a study abroad diversity course in Singapore. The course wa...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Smith, M. D. M., Jennings, L., Lakhan, S. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
A Cross-Cultural Immersion Program: Promoting Students' Cultural Journeys
This article describes an innovative combination of utilizing a semester-long preparatory seminar course where students are first introduced to the history and cultural context of Taiwan, and then engage in an intensive 12-day immersion program in Taiwan. Specifically, this article describes (a) our Cross-Cultural Immersion Program (CCIP), (b) a preparatory course designed to provide basic cultural information about Taiwan, and (c) a 12-day immersion experience model. Subsequently, learning outcomes are discussed within the major theoretical dimensions of the Cross-National Cultural Competence (CNCC) model, followed by a d...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Heppner, P. P., Wang, K. T. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
Social Justice Beyond the Classroom: Responding to the Marathon Bombing's Islamophobic Aftermath
Counseling psychology doctoral programs across the country are working to develop new approaches to bring social justice to the curriculum. Boston College has done so, in part, through a course titled Counseling in Context. The three core emphases are (a) ongoing self-examination of power and privilege, (b) applying traditional counseling skills to community-level problems, and (c) building from a clear intellectual and values framework. Building on an ally development conceptual frame, we illustrate how these principles were used to develop an intervention to combat Islamophobia on campus in the wake of the Boston Maratho...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bhattacharyya, S., Ashby, K. M., Goodman, L. A. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
Training in Mental Health Recovery and Social Justice in the Public Sector
This article explores the significance and critical foundations of a psychology training experience grounded in a social justice and recovery-oriented perspective to answer the call for a focus on social justice and empowerment for individuals with SMI in mental health recovery. A specific training program is highlighted as an example of how social justice and recovery-oriented psychology training can be conducted. It includes theoretical foundations, trainee and supervision factors, a training model, and a description of didactic, clinical, consultation, interdisciplinary, and recovery-initiative training experiences. Las...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carr, E. R., Bhagwat, R., Miller, R., Ponce, A. N. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
Lesbian and Queer Women Professors Disclosing in the Classroom: An Act of Authenticity
Lesbian and queer women professors are faced with the personal decision of whether to disclose their sexual identities in the classroom. The experiences of 10 participants in Calgary, Canada were explored through semi-structured, one-on-one interviews. The analysis revealed one overarching category: enacting authenticity. The sub-themes within this major finding include fighting for one’s identity, modeling authenticity, and the freedom and connection felt by self-disclosing. Three supplementary findings and the sub-themes within are also expanded and discussed: classroom structure factors, self-disclosure timing, an...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nielsen, E.-J., Alderson, K. G. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
Teaching Social Justice in Counseling Psychology
This article provides a case example of the integration of social justice and multicultural consciousness across the curriculum of one counseling psychology program. It highlights examples of innovative pedagogical techniques within a variety of core courses. We present specific examples of readings and nontraditional teaching approaches to promote social justice consciousness, including experiential exercises, self-reflection opportunities, use of video and online discussions, and assignments. (Source: The Counseling Psychologist)
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Motulsky, S. L., Gere, S. H., Saleem, R., Trantham, S. M. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
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Source: The Counseling Psychologist - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Multicultural Therapy Practicum Involving Refugees: Description and Illustration of a Training Model
This article describes an ongoing, systematic model of multicultural therapy practicum in which clinical psychology trainees provide direct psychotherapy to community-referred, culturally and linguistically diverse refugee clients, under culturally grounded supervision. As a university–community collaboration, this practicum embodies the principles of multicultural counseling competencies, social justice, community outreach and service, experiential learning, and trauma therapy. In this article, we describe the target refugee population, the theoretical/conceptual bases, the learning conditions, the organizational st...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - September 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kuo, B. C. H., Arcuri, A. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
Developing Social Justice Competencies: A Consultation Training Approach
We present the Climate Initiative case study to illustrate consultation training activities designed to promote social justice competencies. The Climate Initiative was a collaborative project between class members in a multicultural issues in counseling course and a social justice–oriented prison education program. We have included a summary of self-reflection experiences and evaluations of the process by counseling psychology trainees and students. Future recommendations for utilizing the consultation approach as a non-traditional teaching method are also provided. (Source: The Counseling Psychologist)
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - September 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Flores, M. P., De La Rue, L., Neville, H. A., Santiago, S., ben Rakemayahu, K., Garite, R., Spankey, , Brawn, M., Valgoi, M., Brooks, J., Lee, E. S., Ginsburg, R. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
Educating Undergraduate Students to Work With Children of Abused Women
Student learning was assessed in an innovative university–community partnership in which undergraduate students enrolled, first, in a didactic course on intimate partner violence and, subsequently, in a service-learning course where they worked with children living in a shelter for survivors of intimate partner violence. Data were collected at the start and end of the first semester, and at the end of the second semester. Quantitative and qualitative methods indicated that students gained knowledge regarding intimate partner violence, resources available to survivors, and how to respond to a friend in an abusive rela...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - September 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: O'Brien, K. M., Risco, C. M., Castro, J. E., Goodman, L. A. Tags: Non-Traditional Teaching Special Issue Source Type: research
