Jordan B. Westcott, Nicolette Castagna, Megan K Baker, Jaclyn Musci, Nick Gowen, Benjamin Wiley, Benjamin Cormire, Anne Patterson, Matthew C Fullen
{"title":"Connecting With Clients in Later Life: The Use of Telebehavioral Health to Address Older Adults’ Mental Health Needs","authors":"Jordan B. Westcott, Nicolette Castagna, Megan K Baker, Jaclyn Musci, Nick Gowen, Benjamin Wiley, Benjamin Cormire, Anne Patterson, Matthew C Fullen","doi":"10.33470/2161-0029.1144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33470/2161-0029.1144","url":null,"abstract":"Telebehavioral health offers a unique opportunity to expand access to mental health services for older clients by addressing systemic barriers that often render mental health care inaccessible in later life. Although health interventions facilitated by technology, including telebehavioral health approaches, proliferated at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, little guidance exists for counselors seeking to provide such services to clients in later life. In this manuscript, we describe challenges accessing mental health services, how telebehavioral health services can address these barriers, and practical consideration for delivering telebehavioral health approaches for counselors who work with older clients.","PeriodicalId":43353,"journal":{"name":"Adultspan Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136008988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Janelle L. Jones, Julia Lancaster, Lauren Robins, Wendy K. Killam, Matthew L. Nice, Bisola Duyile
{"title":"Utilization of the Social Determinants of Mental Health Framework with Older Adults for Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment Planning","authors":"Janelle L. Jones, Julia Lancaster, Lauren Robins, Wendy K. Killam, Matthew L. Nice, Bisola Duyile","doi":"10.33470/2161-0029.1145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33470/2161-0029.1145","url":null,"abstract":"This conceptual paper will aid counselors and mental health professionals in obtaining insight to utilizing a Social Determinants of Mental Health Framework with older adult clients. Further, the article incorporates the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies to further contextualize the therapeutic alliance. The authors utilize the Social Determinants of Mental Health Framework to frame counseling assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment planning to improve the mental health outcomes of older adults. The article utilizes a specific case example to assess, conceptualize, and plan treatment for an older adult client contextualized in their environment.","PeriodicalId":43353,"journal":{"name":"Adultspan Journal","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136047792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating Feminist Approaches in Counseling Work With Adult Women","authors":"Kristen M Toole","doi":"10.33470/2161-0029.1146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33470/2161-0029.1146","url":null,"abstract":"The scope of ‘women’s issues’ in counseling is an ever-evolving landscape. Recent events such as the reversal of Roe v. Wade and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women serve as powerful reminders of the necessity of this focus while underscoring a deep-rooted history of oppressive patriarchal structures. Therefore, counselors must remain informed of the unique considerations surrounding adult women in counseling and acquire proficiency in versatile techniques to meet this population’s nuanced needs. This article examines the complexity of contemporary womanhood and explores the fundamentals of Feminist Counseling Theory (FCT), a holistic, multiculturally conscious, social justice theory in counseling. It further illustrates the benefits of FCT as a foundational framework supportive of various women’s concerns and demonstrates how the integration of FCT into counseling settings will enrich the counselor-client relationship and allow for improved outcomes.","PeriodicalId":43353,"journal":{"name":"Adultspan Journal","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136007876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katherine M Atkins, Tamekia Bell, Tilottama Roy-White, Maria Page
{"title":"Recognizing Ableism and Practicing Disability Humility: Conceptualizing Disability Across the Lifespan","authors":"Katherine M Atkins, Tamekia Bell, Tilottama Roy-White, Maria Page","doi":"10.33470/2161-0029.1151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33470/2161-0029.1151","url":null,"abstract":"Disability culture is often misunderstood by counselors who lack extensive training in working with individuals with disabilities (IWDs) (Stuntzner & Hartley, 2014). This quantitative study used the Counseling Clients with Disability Survey (CCDS) to explore the beliefs and perceived knowledge of counselors-in-training (CITs), counselors, and counselor educators regarding preparation to counsel IWDs, which is particularly important as disability status can change across the lifespan, and given that the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) Standards Review Committee provided a guide to the draft standards incorporating the infusion of disability concepts. Results indicate that counselors were competent regarding disability awareness and use of microskills but lacked specific knowledge regarding disabilities. Findings suggest that faculty members need to intentionally infuse cultural humility and assess for readiness when working with IWDs. The manuscript concludes with specific suggestions of integrating disability content into varied coursework.","PeriodicalId":43353,"journal":{"name":"Adultspan Journal","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136047781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multigenerational legacy projects","authors":"Kailey A Bradley","doi":"10.33470/2161-0029.1157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33470/2161-0029.1157","url":null,"abstract":"Multigenerational legacy projects and activities facilitate meaning making and instill hope for further generations. Hospice and palliative care entities can use legacy projects to help terminally ill clients share how they want to be remembered. Legacy projects come in many forms including but not limited to scrapbooks, holiday rituals, and storytelling. In this perspective piece, examples of legacy projects will be explored as ways to process loss.","PeriodicalId":43353,"journal":{"name":"Adultspan Journal","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136008748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power of a Feminist Identity on Sense of Self and Purpose","authors":"Kerry Diekmann","doi":"10.33470/2161-0029.1148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33470/2161-0029.1148","url":null,"abstract":"This study centered on feminist-identified women and the meaning they made from their feminist identity. Using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis design, eight women were interviewed to understand their lived experience and the influence their social or political identity had on how they experienced and made sense of their world. The overarching finding was that all participants exuded a strong sense of self, which seemed to provide resilience and empower participants to navigate sexism and other injustice. Themes that support this finding include exhibiting confidence and self-advocacy, confronting sexism, and describing a connection between feminist identity and career or activism. Implications are provided for counselors, counselor educators, and supervisors. Recommendations include recognizing the importance of clients’ feminist identities throughout the counseling process and drawing on a feminist framework to process lived discrimination and injustice, empower clients, and locate support systems.","PeriodicalId":43353,"journal":{"name":"Adultspan Journal","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136007873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“When Surviving Jim Crow Is a Preexisting Condition”: The Impact of COVID-19 on African Americans in Late Adulthood and Their Perceptions of the Medical Field","authors":"Taryne M. Mingo","doi":"10.1002/adsp.12112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsp.12112","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>This article examines how the trauma of historical and structural racism affects one's health and well-being across the life span, specifically for African Americans identified as descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States (DAEUS). Counselors are provided with antiracist strategies to support the intersection of multiple social identities for DAEUS citizens in late adulthood disproportionately affected by COVID-19.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":43353,"journal":{"name":"Adultspan Journal","volume":"20 2","pages":"85-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adsp.12112","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91824715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of COVID-19-Related Racial Discrimination on Depression and Life Satisfaction Among Young, Middle, and Older Chinese Americans","authors":"Stacey Diane Arañez Litam, Seungbin Oh","doi":"10.1002/adsp.12111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsp.12111","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>This study examined the relationship between age and gender on Chinese American adults’ (N = 184) experiences of COVID-19-related racial discrimination, depression, and life satisfaction. Results indicated that COVID-19-related racial discrimination explained 47.9% of the variance in depression, and COVID-19-related racial discrimination and depression explained 42.3% of the variance in life satisfaction.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":43353,"journal":{"name":"Adultspan Journal","volume":"20 2","pages":"70-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adsp.12111","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91824706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Integrative Counseling Approach for African American Couples With Prostate Cancer","authors":"Andrew W. Wood, Jessica L. Martin, Kaitlyn Bruns","doi":"10.1002/adsp.12113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsp.12113","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The experiences of African American couples facing prostate cancer include cancer concerns that intersect with sexuality, older age, and culture. We provide a review of concerns and counseling strategies and present an integrative approach through a case study. Future research on testing such approaches is encouraged.</p>","PeriodicalId":43353,"journal":{"name":"Adultspan Journal","volume":"20 2","pages":"97-110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91824716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}