Cara Meixner, Cynthia R. O'Donoghue, Anne Erickson
{"title":"Navigating disenfranchised grief: Women's experiences caring for family with brain injury","authors":"Cara Meixner, Cynthia R. O'Donoghue, Anne Erickson","doi":"10.1002/johc.12224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/johc.12224","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A leading cause of disability, brain injury entails long-term recovery that often necessitates in-home caregiving provided by a spouse, partner, or parent. Women tend to shoulder such caregiving roles, yet few studies investigate the triumphs and obstacles associated with their lived experiences—including counseling and other supports. Anchored in a constructivist tradition aligned with humanistic principles, we utilized narrative inquiry and grounded theory to explore, via interviews, the experiences of 20 women caregivers to family members with brain injury. Our analyses yielded four intersected categories reinforced by a guiding perspective of disenfranchised grief: (1) experiencing dissonance, (2) navigating ambiguous loss, (3) falling in and out of isolation, and (4) losing and reclaiming personal identity. We discuss counselor education and development, individual therapy and psychoeducation, and group considerations.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"64 1","pages":"36-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/johc.12224","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741579","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":"Much ado about nothing: Applying Lacan's philosophy in work with anxious clients","authors":"Joel Givens","doi":"10.1002/johc.12221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/johc.12221","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Existential-humanistic counselors attend to the deeper meanings of the anxious client's experience. The author proposes Lacan's psychoanalytic theory as an integrative, humanistic approach that connects the intrapsychic, interpersonal, and developmental aspects of anxious experience. Anxiety is discussed in terms of the client's gap, lack, <i>nothing</i>, or breathing room, the expectations or desires of other people, and the client's disrupted sense of self. Following an application of the approach with a case example, implications for practice and research are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"64 1","pages":"2-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/johc.12221","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741581","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}
John Sommers-Flanagan, Jayna Mumbauer-Pisano, Daniel Salois, Kristen Byrne
{"title":"Effects of a single-session, online, experiential happiness workshop on graduate student mental health and wellness","authors":"John Sommers-Flanagan, Jayna Mumbauer-Pisano, Daniel Salois, Kristen Byrne","doi":"10.1002/johc.12223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/johc.12223","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Graduate students regularly experience anxiety, sleep disturbances, and depression, but little research exists on how to support their mental health. We evaluated the effects of a single-session, online, synchronous, happiness workshop on graduate student well-being, mental health, and physical health. Forty-five students participated in a quasi-experimental study. Students attended a synchronous 2.5-h online happiness workshop, or a no-workshop control condition. After workshop completion and as compared with no-treatment controls, participants reported significant reductions in depression symptoms but no significant changes on seven other measures. At 6 months, participants reported further reductions in depression symptoms. Moreover, across four open-ended questions, 37.0%–48.1% of workshop participants (a) recalled workshop tools, (b) found them useful, (c) had been practicing them regularly, and (d) used them in sessions with clients. Despite study limitations, single-session, synchronous, online, happiness workshops may have salutatory effects on graduate student mental health. Additional research is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"63 3","pages":"253-268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142435921","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}
Cebrail Karayigit, Michaela Ozier, Amber Bloom, Mark Weaver, Samantha Wiltz
{"title":"Meaning in life among emerging adults: An examination of gender, relationship status, and social media use","authors":"Cebrail Karayigit, Michaela Ozier, Amber Bloom, Mark Weaver, Samantha Wiltz","doi":"10.1002/johc.12222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/johc.12222","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using a sample of 450 emerging adult university students, this study examined the effects of relationship status and gender on meaning in life (MIL) dimensions and the relationship between social media use and MIL dimensions among participants. The MIL Questionnaire (MLQ) and a subscale of the Sources of Meaning and MLQ (SoMe) were used to measure three different life meaning dimensions (presence of meaning, search for meaning, and crises of meaning). Findings suggested that being in a romantic relationship is positively associated with the presence of MIL. Findings also revealed that the time spent on social media and social media satisfaction affects MIL dimensions. Implications for counselors and other mental health professionals are presented and have the potential to impact college students’ MIL issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"64 1","pages":"91-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/johc.12222","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741580","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":"Integrating dialectical tensions in mindfulness-informed counseling","authors":"Zvi Bellin","doi":"10.1002/johc.12220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/johc.12220","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article explores integrating mindfulness within psychotherapy through dialectical humanism. The author integrates Buddhist, Jewish, and contemporary psychology perspectives to explore three dialectical tensions in psychotherapy: striving versus acceptance, becoming versus being, and relevancy versus regularity. The author offers integrative mindfulness techniques for counselors to use with clients.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"63 3","pages":"201-213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142435920","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":"Humanistic principles for providing culturally sensitive corrective feedback in supervision","authors":"Vasti P. Holstun, Lynn Bohecker","doi":"10.1002/johc.12215","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12215","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Corrective feedback can be a difficult endeavor in supervision. This article focuses on the following six principles of humanistic education that can facilitate corrective feedback: a nonthreatening environment, affective bias, self-evaluation, connectedness, self-determination, and personal growth orientation. These principles offer a framework for providing culturally sensitive supervision and corrective feedback. Implications for counseling supervision are included.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"63 3","pages":"228-240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/johc.12215","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140259380","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}
Elke Humer, Ida-Maria Kisler, Doris Bach, Wolfgang Schimböck, Christoph Pieh, Thomas Probst
{"title":"Effect of a group logotherapeutic program for older adults on mental health indicators","authors":"Elke Humer, Ida-Maria Kisler, Doris Bach, Wolfgang Schimböck, Christoph Pieh, Thomas Probst","doi":"10.1002/johc.12216","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12216","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The study aimed to evaluate a logotherapeutic program for its potential to improve mental well-being in the elderly. Group logotherapy programs comprising eight sessions were provided to 44 older adults. Participants completed baseline, postintervention, and follow-up questionnaires assessing mental well-being, self-esteem, life satisfaction, meaning in life, and psychological distress. The logotherapeutic program did not affect outcome measures when analyzed for the total sample. Separate analyses by participants scoring below or above the respective thresholds at baseline revealed increased well-being and self-esteem and decreased symptoms of depression, anxiety, obsessive–compulsive disorders, and somatoform symptoms, but only in individuals who were already experiencing poor well-being, poor self-esteem, or some level of psychological distress before the intervention. Results suggest that the logotherapy-based group program can be particularly effective for older adults who are already experiencing psychological distress or have lower self-esteem.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"64 1","pages":"68-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/johc.12216","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140266225","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}
Mark A. Hamilton, Darcy Haag Granello, Bhudayal Arjune, Paul F. Granello
{"title":"Curiosity and Intellectual Wellness: Does being curious help counselors stay well?","authors":"Mark A. Hamilton, Darcy Haag Granello, Bhudayal Arjune, Paul F. Granello","doi":"10.1002/johc.12214","DOIUrl":"10.1002/johc.12214","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Counselors and counseling students (<i>N</i> = 125) were surveyed to determine whether curiosity could predict Intellectual Wellness. Structure coefficients found Diversive Curiosity accounted for 19% of the variance and Specific Curiosity for 11%. Implications are including curiosity into training and practice and future research on isolating variables that comprise wellness domains.</p>","PeriodicalId":45214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Counseling","volume":"63 1","pages":"36-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/johc.12214","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135251721","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}