Counseling Clients Who Have Experienced Undisclosed Infidelity

Undisclosed infidelity is when one partner suspects betrayal, but the other partner denies it. While the literature is replete with helping couples heal from disclosed infidelity, very few scholarly articles address working with betrayed partners of undisclosed infidelity. Researchers indicated the accuracy of detecting undisclosed infidelity and the propensity for betrayers to lie when confronted, thus counselors need to be aware of the traumatic effects associated with undisclosed infidelity to skillfully support clients.

The New Federal Arbitration Law: A Call to Ethical Practice Not Yet Realized

The 1926 essay about the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) authored by Julius Henry Cohen and Kenneth Dayton contains numerous insights into the purposes of arbitration, the promise of the FAA, and the intent of Congress in enacting the legislation. But tucked into this essay is also a statement about lawyer self-interest potentially leading them away from counseling clients to draft arbitration clauses or using arbitration services out of risk of earning lower fees....

Online Peer Counseling for Suicidal Ideation: Participant Characteristics and Reasons for Using or Refusing This Service

[U25] is a German online-peer-counseling service for adolescents with suicidal ideation, who typically do not seek or receive adequate counseling. We conducted an online survey in order to compare persons who receive online counseling by [U25] compared to those who are visitors of [U25] websites but do not (yet) receive counseling. Via online survey, all visitors to the [U25] websites were invited to fill in a questionnaire on sociodemographic data, utilization reasons, and barriers. Our final sample consisted of n = 318 counseling clients, n = 1127 persons who have not yet sought help but intend to do so (“prospective clients”), and n = 444 persons who do not consider [U25] counseling for themselves (“refusers”). Clients were more often female and showed positive attitudes toward online counseling. Low perceived need for counseling was the most frequent barrier reported by the refusers, whereas fear of stigma and practical barriers were rarely reported; younger and male refusers reported needing to write down one’s problems as a barrier more often. Self-selection might reduce generalizability of our results. Online counseling can facilitate receiving psychosocial support for young persons with suicidal ideation, particularly if barriers are addressed.

Predictors of Women’s awareness of common non-communicable diseases screening during preconception period in Manna District, Southwest Ethiopia: implication for wellness check-up

Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the dominant cause of global morbidity and mortality, especially in developing countries. Tackling NCDs is central to advancing women’s and child health, and future generations. Many NCDs can be prevented with appropriate approaches across the maternal and child health life-cycle, throughout the years of reproductive age especially before conception and continuing through pregnancy. However, women’s awareness of NCDs screening during the preconception period was not well known in many countries including Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess women’s awareness of common NCDs screening during the preconception period and associated factors in Manna District, Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2019. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 02 to April 10, 2019. The sample size was 636 pregnant women from eight randomly selected rural kebeles and a purposively taken urban kebele. The data were collected using a pre-tested structured questionnaire and entered into Epi data manager version 4.0.2 and exported to SPSS version 21. Descriptive, binary, and multivariable logistic regression analyses were carried out. Results Of the total of 623 respondents, 459 (73.7%) of them had good awareness of common NCDs screening during the preconception period. Women who had formal education [AOR = 1.95, 95% CI: (1.31–2.89)], those who had planned pregnancy [AOR = 2.17, 95% CI: (1.47–3.19)], on ANC follow up [AOR = 1.79, 95% CI: (1.16–2.74], and those who had media (radio and/or television) in their house [AOR = 1.55, 95% CI: (1.05–2.29)] had good awareness on common NCDs screening during the preconception period compared to their counterparts. Conclusions In this study, nearly three-quarters of respondents had a good awareness of common NCDs screening during the preconception period. Women’s educational status, pregnancy planning status, ANC visit, and having radio and/or television in the house were predictors of women’s good awareness of common NCDs screening during the preconception period. Therefore, all concerned bodies are recommended to work toward increasing women’s awareness using different approaches like awareness creation campaigns and counseling clients attending health facilities.

Analysis of Social and Psychological Difficulties in Course of Counseling Clients

In the practice of psychological counselling for clients, there are often socio-psychological difficulties that frustrate the process and make it impossible for the parties to achieve their goals. Misunderstanding, discrepancies, bad relations between the parties, distrust for each other, and other difficulties originate directly in situations of interaction between psychological counselors and their clients. The aforementioned difficulties require special analysis. This constitutes the main goal and novelty of the present study. Psychological counseling is deemed as an interaction, as actions of parties towards each other, underpinned by unity of the subject, place, and time of their activity. A psychological counselor and each of their clients undertake some actions to solve a target goal, including in situations of immediate interaction. As a result, each party sets and realises certain goals, is motivated by certain motives, is active, etc. They shall solve a target goal by mutual efforts. The article contains a summary on personal interaction situations, and on social-psychological phenomena that are generated by personalities in counselling situations. The article describes the essence, main phases and social-psychological difficulties of the interaction of psychological counselors and their clients. The following main methods selected for studying social-psychological difficulties of counseling interaction: diagnostic interview, questionnaire, final reports upon client checkups, expert evaluation. The findings confirmed the hypothesis of negative socio-psychological phenomena acting as a form of difficulty upsetting the counsellor-client interaction. The study has provided an opportunity to broaden the understanding of the content and the socio-psychological challenges of psychological counselling.

Counseling Adults With Sensory Processing Disorder: An Exploratory Study

Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a neurological disorder impacting up to 20% of the global population. The majority of SPD research has been conducted outside the counseling profession and typically examines the presentation of SPD in youth. Therefore, counselors often have limited awareness of this disorder. The purpose of the present study was to conduct an exploratory qualitative thematic analysis (N = 89) examining the primary concerns of adult counseling clients with SPD, as reported by their counselors. Results include 12 themes that were organized into three categories: biological, psychological, and social. Thus, the results reflected the biopsychosocial model, originally outlined by G. L. Engel, as it pertains to SPD. Researchers provided implications for mental health counselors’ practice and suggestions for future research.