{"title":"Heuristic Inquiry: Bridging Humanistic Research and Counseling Practice","authors":"Nevine Sultan","doi":"10.1002/johc.12142","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12142","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The divide between counseling research and practice is often wide. Humanistic research methodologies such as heuristic inquiry resonate with clinical practice and may bridge the research-practice chasm through focus on real-world experience and self-other understanding. This article illuminates principles of heuristic inquiry and implications for humanistic clinical practice and social justice.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"59 3","pages":"158-172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/johc.12142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41721745","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":"Using Gestalt Techniques to Promote Meaning Making in Trauma Survivors","authors":"Laura Copley, Jolynn Carney","doi":"10.1002/johc.12145","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12145","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Researchers traditionally focus on harmful effects of traumatic events without examining potential transformative outcomes. We highlight posttraumatic growth (PTG) as an outcome, aligning with a humanistic approach that embodies a strength-based perspective and nurturing of human capacity. We propose a trauma-informed framework using gestalt techniques to promote correctional experiences and meaning making found in PTG.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"59 3","pages":"201-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/johc.12145","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43219879","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}
Diane M. Stutey, Joel Givens, Jenny L. Cureton, Aaron J. Henderson
{"title":"The Practice of Bridling: Maintaining Openness in Phenomenological Research","authors":"Diane M. Stutey, Joel Givens, Jenny L. Cureton, Aaron J. Henderson","doi":"10.1002/johc.12135","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12135","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bridling is an innovative reflective practice where the researcher intentionally reflects on preconceived ideas of the phenomenon being studied. In this article, bridling is explained, followed by a model of how to implement bridling, examples of bridling applied to phenomenological research studies involving counselors, and implications for the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"59 2","pages":"144-156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/johc.12135","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41640434","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}
Melanie A. Varney, Jacqueline M. Swank, Jo Lauren Weaver, Vanessa Placeres
{"title":"Master's-Level Counseling Students of Color in Personal Growth Groups: A Phenomenological Study of Congruence","authors":"Melanie A. Varney, Jacqueline M. Swank, Jo Lauren Weaver, Vanessa Placeres","doi":"10.1002/johc.12134","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12134","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigated the phenomenon of congruence for students of color (<i>N</i> = 6) in master’s-level counseling programs using interpretive phenomenological analysis. The authors identified 3 main themes: (a) congruence-facilitating experiences (safety and necessity), (b) congruence-inhibiting experiences (micro- and macroaggressions and risks and consequences), and (c) personal and professional influences (microaggressive stress and interpersonal awareness and empathy).</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"59 2","pages":"123-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/johc.12134","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45245752","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":"Existential-Humanistic Counseling With Young Black Men in Judicial Settings","authors":"Bryan G. Stare, Delini M. Fernando","doi":"10.1002/johc.12133","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12133","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Existential-humanistic counseling approaches may benefit Black male clients in judicial settings. Components of Black critical theory may guide existential-humanistic counselors working with Black male clients by providing ethical counseling considerations. The authors discuss how existential-humanistic and Black critical theory may contribute to counseling and advocacy with Black men in judicial settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"59 2","pages":"106-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/johc.12133","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45486615","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":"What Is the Personal and Professional Significance for the Trainee Therapist of Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy?","authors":"Francis Kennedy, Gerard Patrick Moore","doi":"10.1002/johc.12132","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12132","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This heuristic study explores the impact of training in emotion-focused therapy (EFT) on the personal and professional lives of the researcher and research participants. It provides personal accounts of growing emotional self-awareness and suggests that training in EFT fostered increased emotional self-assurance among participants and increased their authenticity with clients.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"59 2","pages":"86-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/johc.12132","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44810657","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":"A Culturally Responsive Existential-Phenomenological Approach for Counseling Black Sexual Minority Youth","authors":"Dwayne White, Alfredo Palacios","doi":"10.1002/johc.12131","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12131","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article provides evidence to support developing interventions for addressing the mental health concerns of Black sexual minority youth. The authors identify how to incorporate a culturally responsive existential-phenomenological approach with storytelling to facilitate the development of a healthy self-concept among a host of socially enforced categories. Implications are provided to supplement counselors' conceptualization of this population within therapeutic relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"59 2","pages":"74-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/johc.12131","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47955449","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":"Client Experiences of Mindfulness Meditation in Counseling: A Qualitative Study","authors":"Veronica O'Brien, Elizabeth Likis-Werle","doi":"10.1002/johc.12127","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12127","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using qualitative methodology, the authors explored the experiences of 8 clients who received a 5-minute mindfulness meditation (MM) as implemented by 6 counseling students during a counseling session. Themes that emerged included (a) variations in individual experiences; (b) mental, physical, and emotional components of the experience; (c) perceptions of MM; (d) preferences for MM; and (e) implications for continued practice of MM.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"59 1","pages":"20-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/johc.12127","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48812873","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}