Sharing Knowledge, Building Knowledge: The Journal as a Community of Practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Ponton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Geographic Proximity ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Counseling Profession

Communities of practice have long been recognized as a vehicle for building and sharing knowledge and skills. With advances in technology, communities of practice are not limited by geographic proximity but now extend globally. This article describes how the Journal of Mental Health Counseling is a community of practice and suggests new uses of technology to enhance its impact on the mental health counseling profession.

Truth or Consequences: A Neopragmatic Critique of Contemporary Mental Health Culture

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Health Culture ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Counseling Profession ◽  
Traditional Counseling ◽  
Relational Orientation

The mental health counseling profession has increasingly identified with the values of contemporary mental health culture by adopting a descriptive, medicalized perspective. Using a postmodern, neopragmatic analysis, I argue that the consequences of adopting this perspective must be considered. Two such consequences are discussed: (a) the abandonment of an effective, relational orientation toward helping, and (b) the forfeiting of the unique contribution that a traditional counseling perspective can provide to contemporary mental health culture.

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

Comparison of two formats for training nuns in mental health counseling

1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald H. Naftulin ◽  
Frank A. Donnelly ◽  
George H. Wolkon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Health Counseling

Adolescents' Self-Reported Substance Risks and Need to Talk About Them in Mental Health Counseling

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 171-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Medeiros ◽  
Erika Carlson ◽  
Michael Surko ◽  
Nicole Munoz ◽  
Monique Castillo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Health Counseling
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