Talking to the Master: Intersections of Religion, Culture, and Counseling in Taiwan and Ghana

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiao-Wen Lo ◽  
Vivian Dzokoto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The State ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Case Conceptualization ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Heterogeneous Nature ◽  
The Face

Mental health counseling is gaining worldwide popularity. It is, therefore, important to critically examine the appropriateness of direct importation of Western psychological interventions into nonWestern countries. This article reviews the state of counseling in Taiwan and Ghana. It highlights the heterogeneous nature of counseling services in the face of cultural similarities. In addition, it demonstrates the importance of considering the interplay of culture and religion in assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment.

Mastering the Competency of Case Conceptualization

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-149
Author(s):  
Len Sperry ◽  
Jon Sperry
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Deliberate Practice ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Case Conceptualization ◽  
Graduate Courses ◽  
Master's Students ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Conducting Research

This chapter provides tools for increasing mastery of case conceptualization with three evidence-based interventions: standardized case conceptualization training, deliberate practice, and mindfulness. It is based on experience in teaching and supervising this approach with master’s students in clinical mental health counseling programs. It also includes experience in conducting research on case conceptualization with trainees and experienced clinicians. The chapter begins with a brief discussion of mastery and then proceeds to describe the three interventions. It describes the experience of achieving a moderate level of mastery in a training program. Finally, an appendix provides a scaffolded format for intentionally integrating this model in various graduate courses.

Development of Coordinated Mental Health Counseling Resources in Time of Disaster

NASPA Journal ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert W. Dunkel ◽  
Wayne Griffin ◽  
Barbara Probert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Three Phase

In times of disaster, both the victims of the disaster and the institution itself benefit from the coordination of counseling services. The authors describe a model for emergency counseling services to be utilized in times of disaster on a university or college campus, including the key elements of a three-phase implementation and follow-up process.

Pattern-Focused Case Conceptualization

2021 ◽  
pp. 150-160
Author(s):  
Len Sperry ◽  
Jon Sperry
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Deliberate Practice ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Case Conceptualization ◽  
Counseling Programs ◽  
Master's Students ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Conducting Research

Achieving some level of mastery in case conceptualization is essential to be effective in clinical practice. This chapter will be useful to both trainees and practicing clinicians who need to increase their level of mastery in the pattern-focused approach to case conceptualization. First, the chapter describes the development of the pattern-focused approach to case conceptualization training. Next, it provides a plan for increasing one’s level of mastery of case conceptualization using three evidence-based interventions: standardized case conceptualization training, deliberate practice, and mindfulness. It is based on implementing this approach with master’s students in clinical mental health counseling programs in teaching and supervisory contexts, as well as conducting research studies with trainees as well as experienced clinicians.

scholarly journals College Students’ Attitudes Toward Counseling for Mental Health Issues in Two Developing Asian Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Angus C.H. Kuok ◽  
Jafar Rashidnia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Powerful Predictor ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Counseling ◽  
Students Attitudes

This study examines 300 college students in Iran and China. It clarifies that students from China have more positive attitudes toward counseling than those from Iran using a quantitative survey with well-established existing scales in the literature. The regression tests show different indictors for college students’ attitudes toward mental health counseling in these two developing countries. Anticipated risk has been found as the most negative and powerful predictor of attitudes toward counseling in Iran. Stigma has been found as the most negative and powerful predictor of attitudes toward counseling in China. Implications have been discussed for educational departments and governments to advocate positive evaluations on mental health counseling services.

Older Adults' Expectations about Mental Health Counseling: A Multivariate and Discriminant Analysis

1995 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Lagana'
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Counseling Experience ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Size Heterogeneity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Young Old

The present study aimed at identifying significant predictors of expectations about mental health counseling in a sample of highly educated elderly. This task was achieved by administering the full version of the Expectations About Counseling (EAC) questionnaire to fifty-seven retired professors. We first addressed the issue of the current elderly's under-utilization of formal counseling services, then conducted a literature review on the relationship between elderly's characteristics and their views of counseling. Specific hypotheses were formulated for each of the seven possible predictors of EAC scale scores. Previous counseling experience and marital status were significant predictors of EAC scale scores. Young-old adults (i.e., younger than 75 years of age) had received counseling experience significantly more than their older counterpart; their EAC scores, however, were not significantly different than those of old-old participants. Gender, area of residence, income and religiosity did not predict expectations about counseling significantly. Cell size heterogeneity for some predictors might have been responsible for lack of significance on additional factors. The article ends with a discussion of several clinical implications of the findings.

Attitudes Toward Mental Health Counseling Using the BAPS

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Aegisdottir ◽  
Terry D. Brown ◽  
Scott Olenick ◽  
Sarah Lightcap ◽  
Amanda Cleveland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Health Counseling
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