Spring 2003
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The Spring 2003 issue of Professional Issues in Counseling presents a broad range of topics for a reading audience composed of counselors and other mental health professionals who work in schools, agencies, hospitals, colleges, universities, and private practice. The four articles appearing in this issue have been carefully reviewed by members of our very prestigious editorial review board and have been recommended for publication based on scholarly research and writing, relevance of the topic to current professional counselors, and overall contribution to the field of mental health. We encourage mental health professionals, counselor educators, and graduate
students interested in publishing in PIIC to submit manuscripts for review
and consideration for publication in future issues of the journal. Manuscript
guidelines are available on PIIC website. If you have question, please
contact one of the editors of PIIC, Dr.Judy DeTrude at edu_msn@shsu.edu,
or Dr.Mary Nichter at edu_@shsu.edu . |
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
Spring 2003 |
| The training and
educational requirements for licensure as a chemical dependency counselor
have continued to increase over the past three decades. For example, some
states have outlined specific standards that must be successfully met in
order to achieve and maintain a professional license as a chemical dependency
counselor (LCDC). Among these are standards specifically addressing clinical
supervision. The state of Texas requires LCDC counselors-in-training to
remain in supervision for thousands of hours in order to refine the skills
needed to effectively treat clients experiencing substance use, abuse and
dependency. Little is known, however, as to the type, quality and consistency
with which clinical supervision is being provided both during and after
training. This article discusses the results of a statewide survey
of 231 chemical dependency counselors. The survey was |
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Religiosity is a vital aspect to adolescents and their identity development. Several key developmental theorists will be examined with regard to adolescent identity development and ensuing religious conversion. Since older adolescents are often targeted for cult conversion (Galanter, 1989), a better understanding of what is occurring mentally and spiritually in these teenagers can aid counselors working with this population. Positive religious conversion can help the youth develop a firmer sense of who they are whereas cult conversion can stall and hinder the adolescent leaving their identity underdeveloped or replaced with a group identity. |
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The school counselor has an array of responsibilities
within the school environment. One important responsibility is building
collaborative relationships with students, teachers and parents. This
article examines the school counselor’s role and challenges in building
these working alliances. It also presents a counselor empathy model
that can be utilized to strengthen empathic bonds in school relationships
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A Study of Facilitator Decisions on Ethical Adventure Issues Long, D., DeTrude, J. A. and Nichter, M. S In this study an attempt was made to determine if adventure facilitators were making ethically correct decisions based upon their knowledge and skills obtained in training and workshops on adventure ethics and decision making. Adventure facilitators and apprentices (N=87) in one school district were surveyed on five areas of decision making: (1) empowerment; (2) informed consent; (3) appropriate use of risk; (4) dual relationships; and (5) physical needs of participants. Based upon the date, it can be concluded that facilitator responses accept the hypothesis that adventure facilitators, without the benefit of extensive adventure-based decision making, can make correct decisions based on personal knowledge and experience in the five areas of decision making. Recommendations include follow-ups with focus groups to determine appropriate training models, follow-up with facilitators on the use of the mute technique; and replicate this study with other school based adventure facilitators. (adventure facilitators); (decision making); (adventure ethics) |