Journal of Humanistic Counseling最新文献

Pandemic stress can be a dehumanizing experience, especially for children and adolescents, and can be described in terms of the research paradigm of chronic variable stress (CVS). Humanistic counseling speaks to this particular kind of stress. This article presents eight principles for humanistic responsiveness for working with children and adolescents.

Mindful self-compassion can address the emotional exhaustion teachers of color experience due to racial injustice and social marginalization compounded by the pandemic. The authors propose a humanistic intervention in which mental health counselors create safe spaces for teaching self-regulation skills and processing emotional stressors related to racial tensions in schools.

This study introduces appreciative inquiry (AI), a method of inquiry that promotes change through exploration of constructive possibilities, as an approach for course evaluation. Results demonstrate how AI motivated a cohort of 10 counseling students in the Bahamas to collaborate in course evaluation and continuous improvement of courses.

Master's students and graduates in two Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) clinical mental health counseling programs participated in the Role of Meaningfulness Survey. The results indicated that a sense of meaningfulness and being true to yourself may particularly be important for those who choose a high “burnout profession,” as it can contribute to their resiliency.

In a community sample of 301 participants, association analyses between authenticity and psychological and subjective well-being show strong and moderate associations, respectively, with implications for humanistic theory and counselling. The results also show convergence between self-reports and informants’ reports on life satisfaction and authenticity, providing novel scientific contributions.

Empathy is a critical factor in counseling, yet the process of empathizing with suffering can have a detrimental impact on counselor well-being. In the wake of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the need for strategies to ameliorate this potential negative impact is even more apparent. This article explores compassion practices to meet that need.

The models of addiction represent a framework for conceptualizing clients with substance use disorders. These models include the biological, sociocultural, psychological, moral, spiritual, and holistic models. They can be incorporated in humanistic counseling sessions to facilitate client insight into their substance use and to develop client-led treatment plans.

We examined the relationship between dispositional mindfulness, mindfulness practices, and multicultural counseling competence (MCC) among mental health practitioners. Mindfulness Observe and Nonjudge related positively to MCC Knowledge and MCC Awareness. Nonreact and Act Aware were negatively associated with MCC Awareness. Frequency of mindfulness practices related negatively to MCC Awareness.

Logotherapy's tenets show considerable therapeutic potential for couple and family therapy. Using the PRISMA systematic review method, authors searched PsycNet, ProQuest, and PubMed in July 2020 for logotherapeutic family interventions. Authors compiled a list of strategies for practitioners and discuss results and their implications for logotherapeutic family interventions.