心理咨询师的专业特征吴杰

本文探讨了专业心理咨询师的专业特征。通过分析心理咨询师的精湛业务能力,优良的价格品质以及心理咨询师的职业首先几个方面的专业特征。以期引起大家对专业心理咨询师专业特征的关注和深入的研究。     

浅谈我国心理咨询师健康发展之要素

心理咨询与心理治疗效果的关键在于心理咨询与心理治疗师自身的特质,而非理论技巧。因此,心理咨询与心理治疗师在心理咨询与治疗的过程中,会非常直接、深刻和迅速地影响当事人的生活。通过对我国心理咨询师健康发展之要素的探讨,提出心理咨询师的培养应逐步走向正规专业教育和训练途径;同时关注心理咨询师自己的个人成长,健全督导制度是预防心理咨询师的职业耗竭,也是我国心理咨询业健康发展的根本保障。     

朋辈辅导在大学生心理健康教育中的应用性研究

目前,在校大学生由于心理健康原因引发的心理问题越来越突出,学校专业心理咨询尚不能满足现实需求,因而朋辈心理辅导应运而生,它改变了以往学生只是心理咨询的对象,只有少数专业的心理咨询师才能开展助人活动的状况,让更多的学生成为高校心理咨询工作的主体与原动力。朋辈辅导不仅是对专业心理咨询人员数量的必要补充,而且也是对专业心理咨询工作的重要补充,在大学生心理健康教育领域具有较高的实践价值和推广价值。     

叙事心理疗法对高校心理咨询专业化发展的启示

高校心理咨询工作在维护大学生心理健康方面发挥了重要的作用,也存在来访率低和咨询效果差两个突出的问题。这与整个社会对心理问题和心理咨询存在认识偏见有关,与咨询师咨询观念陈旧、专业伦理欠缺和混乱有关。后现代叙事心理疗法在心理问题、心理问题与人的关系、心理咨询任务、心理咨询效果的巩固、咨访伦理关系等方面,提出了新的理念。叙事心理疗法对当前高校心理咨询的专业化发展具有积极的启示。     

关于招募会员的通知

中国心理咨询师协会现招募2010-2011届会员。中国心理咨询师协会是国内心理咨询行业中的先驱们共同倡议发起的,旨在为心理咨询师提供各方面的督导,提高心理咨询师的理论技能与操作技能,推动心理咨询行业健康发展的公     

关于招募会员的通知

中国心理咨询师协会现招募2010-2011届会员。中国心理咨询师协会是国内心理咨询行业中的先驱们共同倡议发起的,旨在为心理咨询师提供各方面的督导,提高心理咨询师的理论技能与操作技能,推动心理咨询行业健康发展的公     

我国大陆地区网络心理咨询现状和伦理议题：“大数据”视角及伦理评估

随着计算机的发展,网络心理咨询受到越来越多的关注。本研究搜索和爬取网络心理咨询网站及咨询师信息,并采用16项伦理清单对其伦理规范进行评估。结果显示(1)网络心理咨询服务网站不断增多,网络心理咨询师数量逐年升高,但实际活跃数相对较少;(2)24个望网络心理咨询网站对咨询师的信息要求较为严格,对来访者信息要求模糊,且注意事项呈现不够充分。我国的网络心理咨询正在慢慢壮大,但是需要进一步加强伦理规范。     

如何挑选可靠的心理咨询师

本文根据相关的心理咨询研究,结合作者的受训经历和从业经验,介绍了合格心理咨询师的基本要求,以及来访者如何挑选可靠的心理咨询师的过程。此外,通过介绍国内心理咨询师的从业现状、特点,以及心理咨询相关基础知识,从咨询前、咨询中、咨询后三个部分进行探讨,为来访者寻求可靠心理咨询师提供建议,为合格心理咨询师的养成提供参考。     

高校心理咨询师的尴尬与困惑

本文通过对高校心理咨师的现状分析,结合身为高校心理咨询师的亲身体会,提出了这一群体面临的诸如专兼职的矛盾等六方面的尴尬与困惑。以期为高校心理咨询从业人员的发展和相关培训提供借鉴。     

天津市腾龙职业培训学校暨东方工商大学腾龙职业培训学院简介

随着社会竞争的加剧。人们的心理压力越来越大，对心理咨询、心理辅导的需要也越来越迫切。心理咨询作为一种通过科学方法和手段提供有效的心理授助的专业活动，将成为我国新世纪的十大热门职业之一。天津市腾龙职业培训学校暨东方工商大学腾龙职业培训学院是由天津市劳动和社会保障局批准成立的以职业技能为主的一所正规的高级心理咨询师职业培训机构，举办高级心理咨询师资格培训及其他各类国家职业资格培训。     

Assessment and Diagnosis of Eating Disorders: A Guide for Professional Counselors

Despite the prevalence of and risk associated with disordered eating, there are few guidelines for counselors on how to conduct an eating disorder assessment. Given the importance of the clinical interview, the purpose of this article is to provide recommendations for the assessment and diagnosis of eating disorders that (a) specifically focus on assessment in the context of a clinical interview and (b) can be used by counselors whether or not they specialize in eating disorder treatment.     

Counseling Considerations Among Arab Americans

In keeping with our pluralistic society, counselors have begun the task of attempting to understand issues of multicultural diversity. The purpose of this article is to describe a focus group interview conducted with a group of therapists in a large‐scale, comprehensive family service agency in an Arab American community. Participants represented various countries of origin, helping disciplines, and years of U.S. residence. The interview format was semistructured, and the results confirmed what little was already known about the population and supplemented that body of knowledge with updated information. Implications for counseling and further research are discussed.     

Professional Identity Development: A Grounded Theory of Transformational Tasks of Counselors

The purpose of this qualitative grounded theory study was to investigate practicing counselors' professional identity development at nodal points during their career. Through the use of 6 focus groups of beginning, experienced, and expert counselors, 26 participants shared their experiences, and 6 themes emerged to form a theory of transformational tasks of professional identity development. Through these tasks, counselors encountered issues of idealism toward realism, burnout toward rejuvenation, and compartmentalization toward congruency.     

Ethical and Professional Challenges Posed by Patients with Genetic Concerns: A Report of Focus Group Discussions with Genetic Counselors, Physicians, and Nurses

Ninety-seven physicians, nurses, and genetic counselors from four regions within the United States participated in focus groups to identify the types of ethical and professional challenges that arise when their patients have genetic concerns. Responses were taped and transcribed and then analyzed using the Hill et al. (1997, Counsel Psychol 25:517–522) Consensual Qualitative Research method of analysis. Sixteen major ethical and professional domains and 63 subcategories were identified. Major domains are informed consent; withholding information; facing uncertainty; resource allocation; value conflicts; directiveness/nondirectiveness; determining the primary patient; professional identity issues; emotional responses; diversity issues; confidentiality; attaining/maintaining proficiency; professional misconduct; discrimination; colleague error; and documentation. Implications for practitioners who deal with genetic issues and recommendations for additional research are given.     

An Interview With Samuel T. Gladding: Thoughts on Becoming a Counselor

This interview highlights the career and rich professional influence of Samuel T. Gladding, a prolific writer and educator who was listed in the top 1% of contributors to the Journal of Counseling & Development between 1978 and 1993. This interview was conducted shortly after he began his 2004–2005 term as president of the American Counseling Association. The interviewers hope that Gladding's insights on becoming a counselor will help to focus and strengthen the professional journey of contemporary counselors.     

Reducing Counselor Anxiety by Using Modeling Strategies

We hypothesized that beginning counselors experience interview-related anxiety that affects counselor performance. Two kinds of videotaped modeling—an expert model approach and a coping model approach—were compared as to the relative effectiveness of each method in reducing beginning counselors' anxiety toward a counseling interview. Those persons who viewed expert models significantly reduced situationally related anxiety following participation in an analogue interview. Persons who viewed coping models had nominal but nonsignificant reductions in anxiety. In neither group was anxiety significantly related to counselor performance. A modicum of anxiety may be a desirable attribute in beginning counselors. The relative merit of each kind of modeling strategy is discussed.     

Defining Our Clinical Practice: The Identification of Genetic Counseling Outcomes Utilizing the Reciprocal Engagement Model

The need for evidence-based medicine, including comparative effectiveness studies and patient-centered outcomes research, has become a major healthcare focus. To date, a comprehensive list of genetic counseling outcomes, as espoused by genetic counselors, has not been established and thus, identification of outcomes unique to genetic counseling services has become a priority for the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC). The purpose of this study was to take a critical first step at identifying a more comprehensive list of genetic counseling outcomes. This paper describes the results of a focus group study using the Reciprocal-Engagement Model (REM) as a framework to characterize patient-centered outcomes of genetic counseling clinical practice. Five focus groups were conducted with 27 peer nominated participants who were clinical genetic counselors, genetic counseling program directors, and/or outcomes researchers in genetic counseling. Members of each focus group were asked to identify genetic counseling outcomes for four to five of the 17 goals of the REM. A theory-driven, thematic analysis of focus group data yielded 194 genetic counseling outcomes across the 17 goals. Participants noted some concerns about how genetic counseling outcomes will be measured and evaluated given varying stakeholders and the long-term nature of genetic concerns. The present results provide a list of outcomes for use in future genetic counseling outcomes research and for empirically-supported clinical interventions.     

Using Direct Skills Teaching to Improve Job Skills for Persons With Disabilities

This study evaluated whether a direct skills training (DST) approach for persons with disabilities can better prepare participants for job interviews. Twenty graduate students in a master's program in rehabilitation counseling at various agency internship sites were trained in a 4‐session Presenting Qualifications curriculum based on DST administered to 126 participants in 20 group settings. Participants reported greater confidence and preparedness in the interview process, in answering difficult questions, and in highlighting past accomplishments after the group. Results support the feasibility of training entry‐level rehabilitation counselors in the DST approach to teach job interview skills to individuals with disabilities.     

Defining Moments: Catalysts for Professional Development

In this series of papers, 17 genetic counselors describe defining moments, that is, personal experiences or events that led to a further realization of themselves as genetic counselors. These experiences, both positive and negative, describe a significant impact on the authors' professional growth and development. A call for papers was issued through the National Society of Genetic Counselors listserv and through the Journal of Genetic Counseling in 2001. This call resulted in the following 15 papers in which the authors were asked to describe the nature of a defining moment and how it affected their professional identity and practice. The authors provided an account of the experience or event, what it was about the experience that made it a defining moment, how it affected them personally and professionally, and if a defining moment was negative, how they were able to derive positive outcomes. Implications of these defining moments for other genetic counselors are discussed in a concluding paper.