Journal of Counseling and Development articles from June 2005

Journal of Counseling and Development archives from June 2005

Women's voices, women's lives: an introduction to the special issue on women and counseling.(Introduction)
June 22, 2005... In June 2000, I spoke with Judy Lewis, then president of the American Counseling Association (ACA), about the possibility of creating a division of ACA that would specifically address the needs of women. Dr. Lewis suggested it would be...

Women, human rights, and counseling: crossing international boundaries.(Practice & Theory)
June 22, 2005... There has been a substantial reduction in the psychological distance between countries and cultures as we move rapidly into the 21 st century. Different cultures and countries have become more easily accessible with the onset of globalization...

Feminism and feminist therapy: lessons from the past and hopes for the future.
June 22, 2005... Feminist therapy and counseling emerged nearly 40 years ago to better meet the needs of women experiencing psychological distress (Enns, 1997). Since its inception, feminist therapy has evolved in terms of theory, therapeutic techniques, and...

Counseling African American women: multiple identities--multiple constraints.(Practice & THeory)
June 22, 2005... Multicultural counseling theories, developed over the last 35 years, have elucidated the experiences of marginalized populations--women, people of color, gay men and lesbians, working-class people, people with disabilities, and other...

Beloved women: nurturing the sacred fire of leadership from an American Indian perspective.(leadership in women)
June 22, 2005... We are a matriarchal society. Even our language honors the women. It is a female language. When we dance, the men dance on the outside of the circle. The inside of the circle is to honor the women. When you dance to the ceremonial sounds of the...

Immigrant women and counseling the invisible others.(Practice & Theory)
June 22, 2005... The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 10.4% of the U.S. population, or approximately 28 million individuals, are immigrants (Schmidley, 2001). Immigration is undoubtedly the strongest force that has shaped U.S. history, and current global changes...

Multiple-lens paradigm evaluating African American girls and their development.(Practice & Theory)
June 22, 2005... Although the counseling literature has seen a proliferation of writings and research on multicultural counseling, there is limited discussion of normative development and resiliency strategies used by African American people and specifically...

Understanding Vietnamese refugee women's identity development from a sociopolitical and historical perspective.(Practice & Theory)
June 22, 2005... As the U.S. population diversifies, it behooves all professional counselors to increase their knowledge and understanding of multicultural populations. One population that has received little attention has been Vietnamese refugee women. Since...

Having our say: African American women, diversity, and counseling.(Practice & Theory)
June 22, 2005... Literature reviews and statistical inquiries indicate that faculty of color at predominantly White colleges and universities in the United States continue to face a number of challenges (Astin, Antonio, Cress, & Astin, 1997): African American...

Toward a theoretical model of women's body image resilience.(Practice & Theory)
June 22, 2005... Body image dissatisfaction is prevalent among girls and women. Girls as young as 6 years old experience negative body image, and there is evidence that women struggle with body concerns throughout the life cycle (Lewis & Cachelin, 2001; Smolak,...

Creating mentoring relationships between female faculty and students in counselor education: guidelines for potential mentees and mentors.(Practice & Theory)
June 22, 2005... Women frequently lack access to within-profession (and more frequently within-department) mentors to help them clarify and maneuver within the unwritten rules of their profession's culture (Cawyer, Simonds, & Davis, 2002). Such access is...

Women of spirit: leaders in the counseling profession.(Research)
June 22, 2005... The counseling literature documents the profession's inception and growth in a variety of ways. Current examples include Counseling Today's "ACA Turns 50" feature series and "Passing the Tradition: ACES Presidents 1940-97" (Sheeley, 1997)....

Expanding the view: the lives of women with severe work disabilities in context.(community based rehabilitation)
June 22, 2005... I want people to know to know that we are human. We live, we love, we hurt, we laugh, we cry... we just want to be seen and heard as human beings. Shay (Study Participant) The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 have mandated...

Navigating power, control, and being nice: aggression in adolescent girls' friendships.(Research)
June 22, 2005... Female friendships (i.e., friendships among girls and women) are among the most important relationships that girls and women develop during their lifetimes. Gilligan (2003) proposed that women's morality and sense of self are based on...

Heterosexism and sexism as correlates of psychological distress in lesbians.(Research)
June 22, 2005... Feminist therapy theorists have made significant contributions to enhancing counselors' understanding of how social, economic, political, and institutional factors affect women's lives and the particular problems that women bring to counseling....

Educational self-efficacy of college women: implications for theory, research, and practice.(Research)
June 22, 2005... As early as the 19th century, federal laws in the United States designated equal educational opportunity for both males and females; however, women still perceived that a woman's place was in the home rather than in secondary schools, colleges,...

Researching women's groups findings, limitations, and recommendations.
June 22, 2005... There is not a "typical" women's group, nor are there "typical" women's issues. Every women's group is diverse, with as many viewpoints and perspectives as there are members in the group. Using the group format for women is common practice...

Female counselor educators: encouraging and discouraging factors in academia.(Research)
June 22, 2005... Stressors in the workplace in the 21st century include increased workload, uncertainty, lack of support, and violence (Firth-Cozens, 2000). Historically, academia has not been perceived as stressful due to the freedom and security attributed to...

Women and counseling a vision for the future.(Trends)
June 22, 2005... It is difficult to continue working in the area of social justice and equal rights for any length of time without a vision for the future that inspires hope and continued activism. Without a vision of a just and equitable future for all, it is...