Journal of Counseling and Development articles from January 2007

Journal of Counseling and Development archives from January 2007

Integrating positive psychology into counseling why and (when appropriate) how.(Practice & Theory)
January 1, 2007... In recent years, the study of human strengths (termed positive psychology) has enjoyed wider popularity. Positive psychology includes, among other topics, the study of subjective experiences (e.g., well-being, satisfaction, flow, happiness),...

Critical incident analysis based training an approach for developing active racial/cultural awareness.(Practice & Theory)(Critical Incident Analysis Based Training)
January 1, 2007... For at least 3 decades, the field of counseling has attempted to better meet the needs of an increasingly diverse American population. The Multicultural Counseling Competencies (Sue, Arredondo, & McDavis, 1992), which organize competency into...

Social justice and multicultural issues: implications for the practice and training of counselors and counseling psychologists.(Practice & Theory)
January 1, 2007... For many decades, counselors and counseling psychologists have been concerned with the relationship between individuals' mental health and the social milieus in which people live. As the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States...

Reconstruction of adoption issues: delineation of five phases among adult adoptees.(Research)(includes statistical tables)
January 1, 2007... Today, adoption is typically described as a lifelong process or journey (e.g., Brodzinsky, Schechter, & Henig, 1992; E. R. Rosenberg, 1992) complicating one's ability to negotiate normal developmental tasks. For example, all adolescents must...

Learning more about those who play in session: The National Play Therapy in Counseling Practices Project (phase I).(Research)(includes Appendix and statistical tables)
January 1, 2007... This article is the first in a series based on the collaborative efforts of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the Association for Play Therapy (APT) national research project on play therapy. The goal of the research project is to...

Spirituality and counselor competence: a national survey of American Counseling Association members.(Research)(includes statistical tables)
January 1, 2007... Until recently, many mental health professionals neglected issues related to religion and spirituality in their work with clients (Bergin, 1980, 1983; Frame, 2003; Henning & Tirrell, 1982; Hedge, 2001; Richards & Bergin, 1997; Schulte, Skinner,...

You cannot go home again: a phenomenological investigation of returning to the sojourn country after studying abroad.(Research)(includes table)
January 1, 2007... Culture shock, as a phenomenon, is well documented in the literature (P. S. Adler, 1972, 1975; Baty & Dodd, 1977; Becker, 1968; Brislin, 1981; Church, 1982; Furukawa, 1997). However, relatively little research has been done on cultural shock...

Reconceptualizing stabilization for counseling adolescents in brief psychiatric hospitalization: a new model.(Research)(includes statistical tables)(Clinical report)
January 1, 2007... The efficacy of psychiatric hospitalization, particularly for children and adolescents, has been widely debated within the counseling profession. "Little comprehensive or systematic research has been conducted on the experiences of the...

Psychosocial well-being and a multicultural personality disposition.(Research)(includes statistical tables)(Clinical report)
January 1, 2007... Current research in counseling and personality has not sufficiently examined the relationship between multicultural attitudes and psychosocial well-being. Gelso and Fassinger (1992) and Ponterotto, Costa, and Werner-Lin (2002) have underscored...

The contribution of ego development level to burnout in school counselors: implications for professional school counseling.(Research)
January 1, 2007... The purpose of this article is to report the findings of a national survey study of school counseling professionals to determine if higher ego development contributes to a lower degree of burnout. Additionally, this article provides current...

Long-term adjustment of infertile couples following unsuccessful medical intervention.(Research)(includes statistical tables)(Clinical report)
January 1, 2007... Infertility is defined as the failure to conceive a child after a year of regular, unprotected intercourse (Tierney, McPhee, & Papadakis, 1999). The current study examined how coping resources and deficits, as conceptualized in the 4S...

Corrections.(Journal of Counseling and Development)(Correction notice)
January 1, 2007... * JCD, Volume 83, Number 1, Winter 2005, pp. 29-40 Text from the following paragraphs in the article "Gender Matters: Working With Adult Male Survivors of Trauma," published in the winter 2005 issue of the Journal of Counseling &...

Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: assessment and treatment strategies.(Assessment & Diagnosis)
January 1, 2007... Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was first described 100 years ago by Still and has been known as hyperactivity, hyperkinesis disorder of childhood, or minimal brain dysfunction (Seidman, Valera, & Bush, 2004). Still (1902)...

Early identification of autism: implications for counselors.(Trends)
January 1, 2007... More than 10 years ago, Hohenshil and Brown (1991) proposed, in a special issue of Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, that preschool counseling be considered an area of importance for counselors. Despite this recommendation, very little...

Career counseling in New Zealand.(Trends)
January 1, 2007... The New Zealand Journal of Counselling (NZJC) is the official journal of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors/Te Ropu Kaiwhiriwhiri o Aotearoa (NZAC). With a membership of 2,441, NZAC is the country's largest and most active group of...

The development and evolution of person-centered expressive art therapy: a conversation with Natalie Rogers.(Profile)(daughter of Carl Ransom Rogers the founder of client centered counseling)(Interview)
January 1, 2007... As most counselors know very well, person-centered theory and therapy began with and evolved from the thinking, research, and practice of Carl Ransom Rogers (C. R. Rogers, 1942, 1951; Wickman & Campbell, 2003). What is perhaps less well-known...