Expressive in Counseling: Literature and Writing Therapy

Literature and writing therapy merupakan terapi yang menggunakan alat berupa bacaan ataupun menulis sebagai suatu teknik penyembuhan. Terapi ini dibagi menjadi dua macam, yaitu biblioterapi dan scriptotherapy. Adapun artikel ini dibuat untuk membahas terkait terkait literature and writing therapy sebagai teknik dalam konseling. Selain itu, artikel ini juga akan membahas secara singkat terkait bagaimana penerapan teknik literature and writing dalam proses konseling. Artikel ini dibuat dengan metode studi literatur mengenai literature and writing di dalam konseling. Hasilnya membuktikan bahwa literature and writing sebagai teknik dalam proses konseling dapat diterapkan ke dalam pendekatan naratif.

Wellness Decolonized: The History of Wellness and Recommendations for the Counseling Field

The word wellness became mainstream in the United States around 1980, and wellness counseling literature often cites the beginnings of wellness around this time. The problem with this identification is that the roots of what counselors understand the wellness movement to be stretch back to between 3,000 and 1,500 BCE in India. Since wellness counseling literature often is not contextualized appropriately, failing to address the historical roots of wellness concepts and practices earlier than the 1980s wellness movement in the West, counselors are often missing crucial information regarding wellness for themselves and their clients. The purpose of this article is to encourage social change by grounding the wellness counseling literature in this missing history. To do this, we explore wellness from its conception until the present day, discuss wellness practices for historically marginalized groups (i.e., Black, Indigenous People, queer, fat, and disabled people), and provide implications for mental health counselors.

Trainee Counselor Development of Social Justice Counseling Competencies

This grounded theory study sought to identify the process by which master’s level counselors-in-training (CITs)develop social justice counseling competencies. Participants (N = 41) from a clinical mental health counseling(CMHC) program were interviewed at pre-practicum, pre-internship, and post-internship phases. CITsprogressed through the stages of exposure, recognition, and action, influenced by self-reflection and attitudes.These stages differed from the awareness, knowledge, and skills domains identified in prior multicultural andsocial justice counseling literature. Most CITs planned advocacy action steps by the conclusion of their program,though few implemented them. Implications for counselor educators are discussed.

Program evaluation competencies for prospective school counseling practitioners

There is a well-articulated rationale in the literature for the routine implementation of program evaluation by school counselors and thus, a desire within the profession to develop program evaluation competencies among pre-service school counselors. In this article, existing school counselor program evaluation competencies mentioned in the literature were critically overviewed. For this purpose, the school counseling publications between 2000 and 2017 were reviewed to identify on school counselor competencies in program evaluation. These articles are summarized and analyzed based on Stevahn, King, Ghere & Minnema’s competency taxonomy to better understand the current situation. The literature revealed that to date, school counseling literature has focused primarily on technical competencies in program evaluation. In addition to that, some other important program evaluation skills such as interpersonal relationships and professional/ethical issues in program evaluation have not been explored in the literature.