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{"title":"Development and validation of a school-based cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention for Malaysian high school students with depressive symptoms","authors":"J. Saw, C. Tam, Gregory Bonn","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2019.1629973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2019.1629973","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Depressive symptoms commonly begin in late childhood and early adolescence and, left untreated, can increase in frequency and severity and last through adulthood. Recent estimates of depression rates among Malaysian adolescents have been as high as 24%, suggesting a need for effective intervention measures. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a widely accepted and empirically validated psychological intervention for depression. This project took an existing CBT programme targeting adolescent depressive symptoms and adapted it for use with Malaysian high school students. The resulting eight session school-based “STAR” CBT module was assessed through a pilot study involving 20 Malaysian secondary students (10 intervention and 10 control) who reported clinical levels of depressive symptoms on a screening survey. Results showed lower levels of depressive symptoms, post-intervention and 1-month post-intervention, in intervention but not control groups. Similar results were also found for frequency of automatic negative thoughts. These results indicate that the Malay-language ‘STAR’ CBT protocol could be an effective means of reducing depressive symptoms among Malaysian high school students in school settings.","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2019.1629973","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48367252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘Oh, it is a special gift you give to me … ’: a phenomenological analysis of counsellors in Cambodia","authors":"Lorien S. Jordan, Desiree M. Seponski, Stephanie E. Armes","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2019.1629470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2019.1629470","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Research on mental health in Cambodia is increasing, yet there is limited focus on experiences of counsellors within this developing profession. This paper reports an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis conducted with thirteen practicing counsellors in Cambodia. Our specific interest was to gain an idiographic understanding of the meanings participants made of the changes they experienced in becoming counsellors, while also considering the unique context of Cambodia. Our findings are presented through an integration of description and interpretation, which grounds our participants’ experiences of change, tension, and meaning-making in the socio-historical context of Cambodia and mental health development. Implications recommend ways to improve support needed to assist counsellors in this developing field.","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2019.1629470","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43784869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding Xin-Yang among Chinese college students","authors":"Shengnan Li, Changming Duan, Fenglan Li","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2018.1563554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2018.1563554","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This qualitative study was conducted to understand Chinese college students’ spirituality. The results from two focus groups suggested that spirituality in Chinese did not communicate its intended meaning, and the concept Xin-Yang (信仰) was more appropriate instead. A brief interview was then conducted with 180 students to explore their view of Xin-Yang. Data were analysed using a qualitative approach. The results were organized into subcategories, categories, and core categories. The three core categories were the definition and the function of Xin-Yang, and the characteristics of people who have Xin-Yang. The results supported the use of Xin-Yang as an important construct for understanding Chinese college students’ spiritual life. Implications of the results and the limitations are discussed.","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2018.1563554","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46498099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Promoting a deep understanding of clients, psychotherapy needs and clinical supervision","authors":"D. Zhou, Ho Ling Kwok","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2019.1563961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2019.1563961","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2019.1563961","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42344656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interactional patterns of clinical supervision: using sequential analysis","authors":"Dan Li, D. Duys, D. H. Granello","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2018.1553791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2018.1553791","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study targets interactional patterns of clinical supervision by using sequential analysis. Specifically, it explores (a) the overall transitional dynamics of clinical supervision; (b) different transitional patterns of supervisory dyads with more experienced supervisors and those with less experienced supervisors; and (c) different transitional patterns of supervisory dyads with more experienced supervisees and those with less experienced supervisees. Findings of this study have implications for the professional development of both supervisors and supervisees, particularly international counselling and psychotherapy trainees. Dyads with more experienced supervisors or supervisees displayed a repetitive pattern between opinions and positive social emotional behaviours over time compared to supervisory dyads with less experienced supervisors or supervisees.","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2018.1553791","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49013154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The mediating role of authenticity on mindfulness and wellbeing: a cross cultural analysis","authors":"Shun Chen, David Murphy","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2018.1556171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2018.1556171","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Both mindfulness and authenticity have been found to positively affect psychological well-being. The current study investigated the relationships between an interesting mix of eastern and western phenomena including mindfulness, authenticity and psychological well-being and considered the cultural diversities in measures of these variables. Participants (N = 165) completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Authenticity Scale, and the Psychological Well-Being Scale. Findings demonstrated that authenticity acts as a partial mediator for the relationship between mindfulness and psychological well-being. Authenticity remained a partial mediator in the White British sample but acted as a complete mediator of the relationship between mindfulness and well-being in the Chinese sample. We make several suggestions for therapeutic approaches that focus on authenticity and support a previous claim that person-centred psychotherapy can be considered a form of mindful therapy.","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2018.1556171","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46633612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychometric properties of the English and Filipino version of the inventory of attitudes towards seeking mental help services","authors":"Antover P. Tuliao, M. Hechanova, Pocholo Andrew E. Velasquez","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2018.1552880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2018.1552880","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper examined the psychometric properties of the Inventory of Attitudes Towards Seeking Mental Help (IASMHS) English and translated Filipino versions in a sample of Filipino college students and overseas migrant workers. The IASMHS three-factor solution was replicated (psychological openness, help-seeking propensity, and indifference to stigma) with both English and Filipino versions, but dropping items and adding residual covariances were needed to achieve requisites of a good model fit. Measurement invariance test indicated partial metric and scalar invariance across versions. Past use and intent to utilize mental health services were positively associated with help-seeking propensity factor, but not with psychological openness and indifference to stigma. Bivariate correlations among IASMHS factors and other help-seeking variables were also examined.","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2018.1552880","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49655072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Feeling better or worse? The lived experience of non-suicidal self-injury among Malaysian University students","authors":"S. Tan, C. Tam, Gregory Bonn","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2018.1541912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2018.1541912","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article explores subjective experiences related to non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) through a qualitative analysis of interviews with 7 Malaysian university students who had recently engaged in NSSI. Participants discussed their feelings, motivations, and experiences related to self-injury in one-on-one, semi-structured interviews. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to identify shared themes across participants’ accounts of their involvement with non-suicidal self-injury. Four major themes were identified: (a) Emotion dysregulation, (b) NSSI as emotion regulation strategy, (c) Negative self-perceptions, and (d) Struggling with the adverse consequences of self-injury. Implications of these findings for the support and treatment of those engaging in non-suicidal self-injury are discussed.","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2018.1541912","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45264326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mental imagery in social anxiety disorder: the development and clinical utility of a Japanese version of the Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (SUIS-J)","authors":"Yasuko Tanaka, Naoki Yoshinaga, Aki Tsuchiyagaito, Chihiro Sutoh, Diasuke Matsuzawa, Y. Hirano, M. Nakazato, E. Shimizu","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2018.1487455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2018.1487455","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose was to develop a Japanese version of the Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (SUIS-J) and test its clinical utility. Undergraduate students answered the SUIS-J and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS-J). Twenty patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) completed these scales before and after CBT. The SUISJ demonstrated acceptable internal consistency. No significant correlations were found between SUIS-J and LSAS-J. No difference was found in healthy controls and SAD. No significant increase in SUIS-J after CBT. SUIS-J scores values of Japanese were similar to Western people. Findings suggest that daily use of mental imagery is not related to SAD symptoms.","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2018.1487455","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46249368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial","authors":"R. Zhou","doi":"10.1080/21507686.2018.1493372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2018.1493372","url":null,"abstract":"This issue is a collection of articles that examines effective supervision and provides reflective models based on case work with additional empirical research studies and a book review. In this edition of the Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, practitioners from Hong Kong, India, Israel, Canada and the United States give voice to their ideas and experiences of counselling and psychotherapy from differing perspectives. Regardless of the level of experience of counsellors and psychotherapists, supervision is required to enable them to reflect on their practice as well as to encourage critical self-care to sustain themselves and work effectively with their clients. Karin Jordan proposes a trauma-informed counselling supervision, especially involving traumaaffected clients. This supervision model can be considered to assist clinical supervisors to support counsellors who are working with trauma-affected clients. Self-reflection is a core ability and an attribute that human service professionals find essential. Smadar Ben-Asher and Nitza Roskin develop a structured reflective tool which originates from psychotherapy and operates on the basis of self-narrative. With an emphasis on reflective examination of the event, critical observation, re-conceptualisation, and new action, the tool, as discussed in their paper, can help educational counselling students gain a reflective understanding of their own personal and professional development during the educational or training process. A qualitative approach is employed to analyse narratives of the interviewees and demonstrate the effectiveness of the tool in Ben-Asher and Roskin’s paper. Assessment of needs of clients serves to help counsellors and psychotherapists better understand the situation of their clients. In their article, Palanisamy Amirthalingam, Rajendran Natham and Gnaesvaran Arunachalam examine the usefulness of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA). They compare the MOCA and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) as means to attend to the cognitive status of epilepsy population receiving phenytoin monotherapy. This study suggests that the sensitivity of the MOCA as an assessment tool can help counsellors to identify the clients who have mild cognitive impairment and provide hints for appropriate counselling service. An additional assessment related study in this issue addresses the development of a Japanese version of the Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (SUIS-J). Yasuko Tanaka, Naoki Yoshinaga, Aki Tsuchiyagaito, Chihiro Sutoh, Daisuke Matsuzawa, Yoshiyuki Hirano, Michiko Nakazato and Eiji Shimizu conducted two studies. In study 1, they translated and validated a Japanese version of Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (SUIS-J). In study 2, this scale was rated by people with social anxiety disorders before and after the CBT. Their study examined the relationship between mental imagery and social anxiety symptoms. ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 2018, ","PeriodicalId":42294,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21507686.2018.1493372","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45933685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}