Evaluating Independently Licensed Counselors’ Articulation of Professional Identity Using Structural Coding

Abstract

Occupational stress is a top source of stress for over 65% of Americans due to extended hours in the workplace. Recent changes in health care have encouraged employers to build workplace wellness programs to improve physical and mental health for employees to mitigate the effects of occupational stress. Wellness programs focus on either disease management; treating chronic illnesses, such as hypertension and diabetes; lifestyle management; or preventing chronic illnesses through health promotion. This manuscript provides an overview of recent changes in health care and describes a conceptual framework, Steps to Better Health (S2BH), that counselors can use in workplace wellness programs. S2BH is an 8-week psychoeducational group based on the combination of motivational interviewing (MI) and the transtheoretical model of change (TTM).

Bringing light to school counselors’ burnout: the role of occupational identity suffering

“…A better understanding of the influence of professional identity issues on school counselors' burnout is needed. Firstly, investigating this issue seems relevant considering that research suggests that school counselors in North America are experiencing occupational identity issues (e.g., Burns & Cruikshanks, 2017;Mellin, Hunt & Nichols, 2011;Reiner, Dobmeier & Hernandez, 2013). Alves and Gazzola (2011) described this identity crisis as "a serious sense of loss or confusion in whom you are professionally or what you do professionally" (p. 199).…”

Students' Ethical Decision‐Making When Considering Boundary Crossings With Counselor Educators

“…Two hundred twenty‐four participants completed the study, which resulted in a 17% response rate. For comparison, four different studies that included independently licensed counselors, counselor educators, or counselor education students achieved response rates between 12% and 24% (Burns & Cruikshanks, , , , in press). According to Erford (), “usually, response rates for mailed or electronic surveys are less than 20 percent” (p. 192).…”

Independently Licensed Counselors' Work Values

“…To assist prospective students in understanding the five work values aligned with person-centered theory, advisors could suggest reviewing online videos (e.g., Gehart, 2015;Grande, 2016), university library videos (e.g., Evans & Rogers, 1971a, 1971b, foundations of counseling textbooks and counseling theories textbooks, and professional counseling association online resources (e.g., Erford, 2013;Granello & Young, 2012;McLeod, 2014McLeod, , 2019Sangganjanavanich & Reynolds, 2015). To better understand the competency requirements of clinical mental health counselors, prospective and current clinical mental health counseling students could review foundations of counseling textbooks, professional counseling association online resources (Burns & Cruikshanks, 2017;CACREP, 2016;Luke & Goodrich, 2010;NBCC, 2016), and the laws and rules of the counseling board in the prospective student's state.…”