Recently added articles from Journal of Professional Counseling, Practice, Theory, & Research:
Crisis-Specific Peer Supervision of School Counselors: The P-SAEF Model
Oct 01, 2008; ... School counselors are called upon to respond to an array of crisis situations involving the potential for imminent harm. Many school counselors report inadequate preparation for crisis intervention (Allen et al., 2002; King et al., 1999), and few school counselors participate in clinical ...
EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVE
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Fall/Winter 2008 issue concludes my first year as Executive Editor of the Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory, and Research. Published through the Texas Counseling Association, we enjoy a journal that addresses both state and national issues in the counseling profession and ...
Counselors in the Managed Care Era: The efficacy of the Data-Based Problem Solver Model
Oct 01, 2008; ... It has become increasingly important in the managed care era for counselors to be accountable for the services they provide. This study utilized the Data-Based Problem Solver Model as a guide for counselor preparation and subsequently employed the model in the treatment of 55 participants in a ...
Counselor Educators' Perceptions of Training Requirements
Oct 01, 2008; ... Counselor educators were surveyed regarding their perceptions of a proposed increase in the required number of semester hours for community counselors from 48 hours to 60 hours. Twenty-four participants (49%) indicated a preference for keeping the current 48 semester hour requirement; whereas 25 ...
Enhanced Awareness of Countertransference
Oct 01, 2008; ... Counselor educators and supervisors bear an enormous responsibility to produce counselors who are not only skillful in their practice, but also professionally responsible. Professional responsibility includes being self -aware of one's internal processes and motivations. This manuscript calls ...
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2 and MMPI-A) and Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Review of the Literature
Oct 01, 2008; ... Personality measures of adults and adolescents who were sexually abused as children can provide valuable information of the negative effects of the abuse experience. This paper reports on the findings of studies that explore the results of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ...
EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVE
Apr 01, 2008; ... Over the past three years, the Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory, and Research (JPC), has had the opportunity to transition from a branch journal to a national journal. Dr. Chester Robinson announced in the spring issue of 2005 that the journal had been abstracted and indexed ...
Counselor Educators' Perceptions of Training Requirements
Apr 01, 2008; ... Counselor educators were surveyed regarding their perceptions of a proposed increase in the required number of semester hours for community counselors from 48 hours to 60 hours. Twenty-four participants (49%) indicated a preference for keeping the current 48 semester hour requirement; whereas 25 ...
Counseling Techniques for Adolescent Females with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Apr 01, 2008; ... Polycystic ovary syndrome affects up to 10% of adolescent girls and is accompanied by devastating physical symptoms and mental health issues (Ehrmann, 2005). This article reviews current literature on the nature of polycystic ovary syndrome including the physical symptoms and risk factors, ...
An Analysis of Texas High School Counselors' Roles: Actual and Preferred Counseling Activities
Apr 01, 2008; ... The purpose of our investigation was to explore the differences between the actual and preferred activities of high school counselors in Texas using the School Counselor Activity Rating Scale [SCARS] (Scarborough, 2002). Evident in the results was that the majority of high school counselors ...
An Interview with Robert C. Berg: A Retrospective Look at the Career of a Group Counseling Teacher and Facilitator
Apr 01, 2008; ... During his 38-year career, Bob Berg created a model of training for group practitioners. The following is an interview with Robert C. Berg, Professor Emeritus with the University of North Texas and Visiting Professor, Southern Methodist University, in which he reflects on his career as a ...
EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVE
Oct 01, 2007; ... From the Executive Editor: This Fall 2007 issue of The Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory, and Research marks the final installment under my watch. I've learned much about myself and editing through publishing 6 issues of The Journal. First and foremost, I am not meant ...
Supervision of Counselor Trainees with Clients in Crisis
Oct 01, 2007; ... Supervision of counselors working in college counseling centers whose clients are in the midst of an immediate mental health crisis is a complex process. This article reviews this neglected subject and makes specific suggestions for supervisors and their supervisees as they work together to ...
Gender Differences in the Supervisory Relationship
Oct 01, 2007; ... It is rare to address gender issues in counseling supervision and little research has been devoted to these. This review describes supervisor and supervisee gender expectations, role disparities, supervisory relationship differences, and variations in communication styles of males and females ....
Helping Students and Teachers CONNECT: An Intervention Model for School Counselors
Oct 01, 2007; ... Research has demonstrated that the quality of the student-teacher relationship affects students' social/emotional development, academic achievement, and classroom functioning. Positive student-teacher relationships help promote a pattern of continued success in student adjustment while negative ...
Spiritual Well-Being and Psychological Well-Being in Mexican-American Catholics
Oct 01, 2007; ... Spirituality is increasingly taking on greater importance within the field of counseling. This study attempts to promote greater understanding of the relationship between spirituality and health. Within the broad umbrella of spirituality as it relates to mental health, specific populations ...
The Professional School Counselor's Challenge: Accountability
Oct 01, 2007; ... Accountability Historical Perspective Accountability is increasingly putting pressure on all educators to prove effectiveness for themselves and for the program of which they are a part (Studer, 2004). Traditional counselors were evaluated based on such things as the number of students ...