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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"professional counselors"”.
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Professional Counselors' Perceptions of Knowledge, Barriers, Support and Action of Professional Advocacy
… benefit from advocacy. A two-pronged approach of professional advocacy, which is the process of advocating for both clients and the profession is the most effective and comprehensive method. The results of this study were intended to bring greater insight into professional counselors' willingness …
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Preparation, Practices, and Perceptions of Licensed Professional Counselors with Respect to Counseling Children
… practices, and perceptions of Licensed Professional Counselors with respect to counseling children. The purpose was to determine: a) their graduate coursework, continuing education, and post-degree supervision with respect to counseling children; b) their current caseload, preferred …
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Professional Counselors Self-Perceived Multicultural Counseling Competency Practicing in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Communities
… counseling competency (MCC) between counselors working in rural, suburban and urban communities across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The study compared professional counselors' perceptions of their own multicultural counseling competence based on the counselor's geographic area of …
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AN EMERGING THEORY OF PERCEIVED DISABILITY COUNSELING COMPETENCE: A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
… to multicultural issues and social justice, professional counselors are equipped with training and clinical experience that prepare them to meet these clients’ counseling needs. The counseling literature highlights the pervasive absence of disability across counselor curriculum and the …
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A Descriptive Study of the Attitudes and Treatment Practices of Licensed Professional Counselors When Addressing Bulimia
This study examines the beliefs of licensed professional counselors in regard to the most effective diagnostic and treatment practices for clients with bulimia nervosa. One hundred licensed professional counselors practicing in the southwest region of Missouri were surveyed. Thirty-five percent …
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A survey of occupational stress, psychological strain, and coping resources in licensed professional counselors in Virginia
… coping resources for a random selection of 414 professional counselors licensed by the state of Virginia (LPC). The return rate was 77.3% (n=320), and the number of responses used for analysis was 258. The IDF provided a general description of the LPCs. Most of the respondents were white (n=248) …
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Come as You Are: The Acceptability of Harm Reduction Approaches for Opioid Use Disorder among Professional Counselors
… United States between 1999 and 2017 (CDC, 2019). Professional counselors are among the front-line treatment providers addressing substance use, including Opioid Use Disorders. Professional counselors have a unique professional identity that is built upon humanistic values, a commitment to social …
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The relationships of occupational stress and certain other variables to job satisfaction of licensed professional counselors in Virginia
… variables to job satisfaction among licensed professional counselors in Virginia. The relationships of the factors comprising occupational stress to the components of job satisfaction were of interest as well as how overall occupational stress related to overall job satisfaction. The sample …
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-CARE PRACTICES,BURNOUT, COMPASSION FATIGUE, AND COMPASSION SATISFACTION AMONG PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS AND COUNSELORS-IN-TRAINING
… compassion satisfaction, and self-care among counselors and counselors-in-training. Additionally, the current study investigated if recent life changes, age, sex, race, years of experience, education level, and work/internship setting impacted counselors’ and counselors’-in-training …
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A Survey of the Occupational Stress, Psychological Strain, and Coping Resources of Licensed Professional Counselors in Virginia: A Replication Study
… resources for a random sample of 360 licensed professional counselors (LPCs) in Virginia. Using the OSI-R (Osipow, 1998), a comparison of the results of this study to the Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI), (Osipow & Spokane, 1987) Ryan (1996) used was made. Replicating Ryan's study was needed …
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How Cumulative Stress Affected the Lived Experience of Emergency Medical Service Workers after a Horrific Natural Disaster: Implications for Professional Counselors
… has gone unrecognized. This study suggests that professional counselors and the national EMS system must begin to address the affects of cumulative stress on emergency providers in a systemic way. The importance of understanding cultural issues, decentralization of decision making in a disaster …
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The Relationship Between Generalized Anxiety Disorder In Women And Hormonal Imbalances, Self-Efficacy And Lifestyle: Implications For Licensed Professional Counselors And Counselor Educators
… study as it points to implications for licensed professional counselors and counselor educators. A nonexperimental, correlation design was used in the study and conducted in a large urban city in Ontario, Canada. Participants in the study were female clients receiving bio-identical hormone …
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Insights from Survivors and Latino Professional Counselors Providing Interventions to Latino Children Affected by Domestic Violence: Implications for Culturally Responsive Interventions and Professional Training
… culturally proficiency training for professional counselors, and organizational protocols that will ensure implementation. This investigation included <em>Study I</em> which examined the effectiveness of a culturally responsive therapeutic intervention on a sample of Latino children …
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Perceptions of Clinical Psychologists Relative to Other Mental Health Providers
… perception about the differences between these professionals has been the focus of many studies and the results generally suggest that the public cannot clearly distinguish among these mental heath professionals. The present study is also concerned with perceptions about the various mental …
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Counselors' Perceptions of Training, Theoretical Orientation, Cultural and Gender Bias, and Use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV-Text Revision
… their opinions are important when discussing how professional counselors can reconcile the basic philosophies of humanistic counseling with the practical advantages and ethical and philosophical disadvantages that appear to be coexistent when discussing the diagnosis of clients and the Diagnostic …
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Counseling and Computer Technology in the New Millennium--An Internet Delphi Study
… that the extent to which it is being utilized by counselors and counselor educators in their work is virtually unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess how much and in what ways counselor experts believe computer-related technology (CRT) is being utilized by professional counselors today. …
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The Effects of a Human Developmental Counseling Application Curriculum on Content Integration, Application, and Cognitive Complexity for Counselor Trainees.
Although professional counselors have distinguished themselves among helping professionals through a focus and foundational framework in normal human growth and development over the life-span, a majority of programs neglect to incorporate training opportunities enabling students to translate …
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Examination of professional boundaries between music therapy and counseling
… purpose of this study was to examine and define professional boundaries between music therapy and counseling, crossing of professional boundaries, and to explore the ethical implications of crossing professional boundaries. Two online surveys with parallel sets of questions were sent to …
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College Counseling Center Professional Staff Involvement in Professional Organizations.
College counselors today face increasing challenges, with fewer resources than in the past. Little has been known as to whether college counselors take advantage of resources and benefits available through involvement in professional organizations in these increasingly challenging professional …
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An Exploration of Counseling Practicum Students' Experiences in Department-Based and Community-Based Settings
… settings were supervised by licensed professional counselors, licensed professional counselor – supervisors, and licensed clinical social workers. Students in department-based settings were supervised by counseling professors, licensed professional counselors, licensed professional …
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