An Exploration of Client Experiences in a Combination of Individual and Family Counseling

2021 ◽  
pp. 106648072199251
Author(s):  
Corrine R. Sackett ◽  
Ryan M. Cook

Researchers explored client meaningful experiences in a combination of individual and family counseling in this constructivist phenomenological study. The sample consisted of seven participants (three families) who ranged in age from 10 to 51. Participant racial/ethnic identities included two White, two biracial, and two Black. Participant gender identities included five females and two males. Two interviews per client family (one interview following an individual counseling session and another following a family counseling session) revealed the following themes: (a) understanding self and others, with subthemes gaining understanding and acceptance of self, better understanding of each other and how to be with each other, and learning coping skills; (b) setting and working toward goals; (c) processing issues in session, with subthemes counseling is not always what we want, but is maybe what we need, and tension of family versus individual counseling; (d) the counselor; and (e) play.

Author(s):  
Jamie Dela Cruz

<p>The phenomenological study investigated the perceptions of teachers who implemented a culture-based curriculum at an elementary school on Oahu. Aloha ‘Āina is a culture-based curriculum with instruction and student learning grounded in the values, norms, knowledge, beliefs, practices, experiences, and language that are the foundation of the Hawaiian culture. Eight teachers were interviewed after they used the culture-based curriculum in their classrooms during one semester. Data analysis revealed four categories: teachers’ initial experiences, student engagement, challenges and opportunities, and meaningful experiences. Teachers were challenged by the culture-based education program and teachers’ perceptions of the Aloha ‘Āina curriculum were positive, most agreeing that it helped students to learn and improve student engagement through hands-on learning in and outside of the classroom.</p><p><em>Keywords:</em> Aloha ‘Aina, culture-based curricula, place-based education,</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-411
Author(s):  
Lolita A. Dulay ◽  
Elvira Sumbalan

This study explored the lived experiences of the Bukidnon State University Graduate student scholars in the Mindanao Regions during the School Year 2014-2020. The study delved into the scholars’ experiences in the six related factors, namely: students, BukSU faculty, BukSU administration, DepEd administration, work, and family. A phenomenological qualitative research design was employed. Twelve graduate student scholars were the participants of the study. The triangulation approach employing interviews, focus group discussions, and document review in the gathering of data assured the validity of the findings. Participants’ narratives on their lived experiences underwent transcriptions and analysis using Colaizzi’s method (1978). There were six (6) themes that surfaced-out from the lived experiences of the graduate student scholars, namely: Challenging yet, fulfilling Student-Learning Experiences; Satisfying Learning Experience with Well-rounded graduate faculty; Heart-warming learning experience with the BukSU Administration; Impressive support from the DepEd Administration; Pressured learning experience; and encouraging support system.  A model showcasing the meaningful experiences of the graduate scholars and the attributes of how these scholars succeed in the pursuit of a graduate degree came out from these emerging themes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
Anna V. Semyonova ◽  

This paper presents a theoretical analysis of a study of the problem of predisposition to risk in teenagers and young adults. The article describes the features of the manifestation of risky behavior, considers the constructive and destructive types of manifestation of risk in adolescence. The theoretical study examines the biological basis of the need for predisposition to risk in adolescence, as well as characterological fea-tures that indicate varying degrees of risk predisposition and change throughout a per-son's life. The presented work will be useful for students of pedagogical and psychological areas of education, teachers of secondary specialized and higher educational institutions, teachers, parents of teenagers, educational psychologists, practicing psychologists in the area of family counseling, as well as individual counseling for.


2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 4049-4052
Author(s):  
Afdal Afdal, Taufik Taufik, Ifdil Ifdil

Students are the responsibility of teachers and parents in fulfilling their needs. It is not uncommon for students who have problems in school that require parents to come to school to solve problems. One form of eradicating student problems by providing family counseling services with the concept of Birrul Walidaini to parents of students. In this case, the family plays an important role in students 'behavior in school so that students' problems are resolved and return to living an effective life everyday. The method used is individual counseling interviews with samples single subject. After applying the concept of Birrul Walidaini and changing the negative perceptions of the client's parents, making the client can change in a positive direction.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rudy Hadi Kusuma

In East Kalimantan, many people use Substance Use Disorders (GPZ) due to drug use that require counseling services in rehabilitation. Related research to study the qualifications and competencies of counselors involving drug counseling, techniques used, evaluation, coordination and solutions in the application of drug counseling at the National Narcotics Rehabilitation Agency (BNN) Tanah Merah-Samarinda. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. Data sources consist of primary and secondary data sources. Collection techniques used are interviews, observation, and study documentation. Data analysis techniques consist of data reduction, data display, conclusion drawing. The technique of checking validity data uses credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results showed that this study involved 13 people, 11 people from health education and 1 psychologist. Counseling techniques used consist of individual counseling, group counseling and family counseling as well as cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT). Clients receive experience and knowledge to support healthy and proven life. The hard character of the client and the negative family stigma often become difficult in providing services. However, through the approval of individual humanists, patience and high service commitment can work well.


2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 842-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Isabel Raimondo Ferraz ◽  
Liliana Maria Labronici

ABSTRACTThis was a phenomenological study undertaken at the Women's Police Station in Guarapuava in the Brazilian state of Paraná that aimed to understand the significance of living with the offender after filing a domestic violence report at the station. Data were collected by means of interviews with 14 women victims of domestic violence, who continued to live with their attackers after reporting them. The women's discourses were interpreted through the lens of the framework of French philosopher Maurice MerleauPonty. The results showed that the victims' body images were modified, distorted, and negative. Coexistence with the offenders was sustained through destruction and weakening of the victims' body image, thereby reducing their coping skills because they felt threatened, insecure, and inferior to the other, which perpetuated the cycle of violence. In conclusion, there is a need for professionals trained to capture the invisible beneath the visible, in order to take care of abused women in their multidimensionality.


2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-24
Author(s):  
N.V. Kiselnikova ◽  
E.V. Lavrova ◽  
T.N. Almukhametova ◽  
E.A. Kuminskaya ◽  
F.R. Rzaeva

The paper reports the results of the phenomenological study of client experiences in the process of psychotherapy. It describes the stages of categorization, generalization, and interpretation of data. We raised the following questions: what changes happen to client experiences during the same treatment session and between sessions; and how these changes relate to the components of optimal experience. The sample consisted of 6 people aged 32—53, 5 women, and one man. One female client attended four meetings with a psychotherapist; the male and four female clients attended three meetings each. The transcripts were coded by two independent experts, followed by a joint discussion. First, unique semantic units were marked, then the statements were coded and categorized by experts. We give an account of the generalized dynamics of client experiences. The results of applying the categorical grid of the model of optimal experience to the dynamics of client experiences are presented separately. The yielded results can be interpreted as qualitative effectiveness markers of psychotherapeutic work.


2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. McAdams ◽  
Ki B. Chae ◽  
Victoria A. Foster ◽  
Jessica Lloyd-Hazlett ◽  
J. Richelle Joe ◽  
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