La Clinica In LaK’ech: Establishing a Practicum Site Integrating Practice, Advocacy, and Research With Latinx Clients

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 987-1012
Author(s):  
Edward A. Delgado-Romero ◽  
Grace-Ellen Mahoney ◽  
Nancy J. Muro-Rodriguez ◽  
Ruben Atilano ◽  
Elizabeth Cárdenas Bautista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Mental Health Clinic ◽  
Southeast United States ◽  
Psychology Doctoral

This article concerns the establishment and development of La Clinica In LaK’ech, a bilingual mental health clinic collectively founded and staffed by a counseling psychologist and doctoral students in a counseling psychology doctoral program in the Southeast United States. During over 5 years of existence, the clinic has blended bilingual counseling psychology services, advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and research with the Latinx population. The authors describe the development of the clinic and resultant clinical, training, and ethical issues that confronted the clinic in terms of providing services to a marginalized community in a state where anti-immigrant rhetoric, detention, and deportations were escalating. Also discussed are implications for training in practice, advocacy, service, and research for counseling psychologists working with Latinx communities.

The State of Ethical Training for Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda S. Wilson ◽  
Victor A. Ranft
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethics Training ◽  
Psychology Programs ◽  
Psychology Doctoral Students ◽  
Student Input ◽  
Psychology Doctoral

Ethics training in graduate psychology programs has blossomed in the last decade but the debate continues regarding how graduate ethics training should be taught. Although an effective model of ethics training is being discussed among professors, student input has been negligible and information from students in counseling psychology programs nonexistent. The present study surveyed student representatives from APA-accredited doctoral programs in professional psychology for 1990 on their exposure and type of ethics education as well as their perception of preparedness to deal with ethical dilemmas. Results indicate that 94% of the programs require training in ethics and that most students feel prepared for both legal and ethical issues that may arise in their professional roles. Students feel more prepared in the decision-making process than in factual information of ethics; this finding was surprising given that the reported emphasis of their training was much stronger on content than on process.

Predictors of Research Productivity and Science-Related Career Goals among Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey H. Kahn ◽  
Norman A. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychology Doctoral

This cross-sectional study investigated predictors of research productivity and science-related career goals in a sample of 267 doctoral students (representing a response rate of 5S%) from 15 randomly selected APA-accredited counseling psychology doctoral programs. A structural equation modeling procedure revealed that career goals and research productivity could be predicted by Holland personality type, perceptions of the research training environment, interest in research, and research self-efficacy. Students' gender and year in the doctoral program also contributed to this causal model as additional predictor variables, providing a very good fit to the data The present findings contribute to theories of research training by presenting a comprehensive examination of the major factors previously investigated in the literature as predictors of research productivity and science-related career goals within the context of a structural equation model

Graduate Counseling Psychology Training in Sex and Sexuality: An Exploratory Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 504-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore R. Burnes ◽  
Anneliese A. Singh ◽  
Ryan G. Witherspoon
Keyword(s):  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Human Sexuality ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Program Administrators ◽  
Sex And Sexuality ◽  
Psychology Doctoral ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
And Training

In this manuscript, we explore the need for inclusion of sex-positivity training in counseling psychology doctoral program curricula. We surveyed 25 counseling psychology doctoral program administrators throughout the United States and asked about the inclusion of human sexuality coursework and training opportunities as well as sex positivity within their curricula. We report our findings, noting the number of programs that include human sexuality coursework, incorporate sex positivity, discuss sex positivity, and discuss sex positivity from a multicultural lens. The implications of these findings for research, practice, training, and advocacy within counseling psychology are discussed.

What’s it all about? A qualitative study of meaning in life for counseling psychology doctoral students

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara E. Hill ◽  
Kathryn Kline ◽  
Viviana Bauman ◽  
Torrian Brent ◽  
Catherine Breslin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Psychology Doctoral Students ◽  
Psychology Doctoral

The Importance of Personal Statements in Counselor Education and Psychology Doctoral Program Applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. Davis ◽  
Jason F. Doll ◽  
William R. Sterner
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Education ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Empirical Information ◽  
Psychology Doctoral

Personal statements are an important component of applications for counselor education and psychology doctoral programs. However, a paucity of empirical information exists about what types of content are viewed favorably and how this content influences admissions decisions. In the current study, 97 faculty members from clinical psychology, counseling psychology, and counselor education doctoral programs completed an online survey about how favorably they viewed content included in personal statements. Respondents viewed personal statements as the most important component of an application, and there were no significant differences in favorability ratings of content or stylistic issues across program types. Recommendations for those mentoring students applying to graduate school and faculty reviewing applications were provided.

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