Qiang Xie, Yiqin Zhu, Tao Lin, Zizhuo Grace Yin, Simon B Goldberg
{"title":"Bridging the Mental Health Care Gap for International Students via Digital Interventions: Conceptual Foundations and a Five-Stage Model for Culturally Sensitive Design.","authors":"Qiang Xie, Yiqin Zhu, Tao Lin, Zizhuo Grace Yin, Simon B Goldberg","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2026.2643867","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09515070.2026.2643867","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>International students tend to underutilize and benefit less from traditional mental health services compared to their domestic counterparts. This conceptual and theoretical paper aims to articulate the significance of digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) to expand mental health service access for international students, propose approaches for designing culturally sensitive DMHIs for international students, and inspire more rigorous research on these interventions. We explore the definition, types, and efficacy of DMHIs. We outline the unique promise of these interventions in reducing barriers to health service access encountered by international students. Most importantly, a five-stage model is proposed to guide the design and testing of equitable and culturally adapted DMHIs for international students. To illustrate these points, we discuss and critically evaluate existing studies of DMHIs for international students. Recent studies supported the potential benefits of DMHIs for improving international students' psychological distress and well-being. However, the evidence base remains limited in scope and rigor. Future studies can apply the proposed five-stage cultural adaptation framework to guide the development and evaluation of DMHIs for international students. Researchers may conduct well-powered randomized controlled trials, examine correlates of intervention use, co-develop DMHIs with international students, and integrate DMHIs within the larger system.</p>","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13038303/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147596150","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}
Zishan Jiwani, Qiang Xie, Sin U Lam, Tova B Walsh, Matthew J Hirshberg, Richard J Davidson, Simon B Goldberg
{"title":"\"I definitely think I can flourish\": Exploring First Year College Student Experiences in a Flourishing-focused Class.","authors":"Zishan Jiwani, Qiang Xie, Sin U Lam, Tova B Walsh, Matthew J Hirshberg, Richard J Davidson, Simon B Goldberg","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2025.2610287","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09515070.2025.2610287","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mental health of college students in the United States is a major public health crisis requiring innovative solutions. The Art and Science of Human Flourishing (ASHF) course is a credit-bearing academic course that has been found to improve well-being and mental health outcomes. Using a qualitative approach, the present study examined first-year, first-semester student experiences with the course as well as perceived mechanisms of change. Purposive sampling was utilized to recruit a racially diverse sample (<i>N</i> = 15), with over half the sample identifying as a racial or ethnic minority (<i>n</i> = 8). Thematic analysis was used to analyze semi-structured interviews conducted with the participants. Five themes were identified in the results: 1) applying learnings from the class, 2) cultivating connections with other students, 3) dual focus challenges, 4) positive experiences with meditation, and 5) generating insights and reflections. While most students reported a positive and impactful experience in the class, there was variability across some themes based on students' racial identities and neurodiversity. The findings provide insights into student experiences and perceived mechanisms of the course, which may be beneficial for the implementation and assessment of ASHF and other similar interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12872226/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146127252","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}
Katie L. Rim, Clara E. Hill, Mira An, Manon Pesme, Shihong Lin, Erin Topaltzas, Emily Cygrymus, Whitney Clarke, Amira Ahamed
{"title":"Meaning-making in psychotherapy after traumatic loss: therapists’ perspectives","authors":"Katie L. Rim, Clara E. Hill, Mira An, Manon Pesme, Shihong Lin, Erin Topaltzas, Emily Cygrymus, Whitney Clarke, Amira Ahamed","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2024.2400929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2400929","url":null,"abstract":"Sudden, unexpected loss can be particularly devastating for the bereaved as they struggle to make sense of their loss. We interviewed 11 therapists who specialized in loss/trauma about how each of ...","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142269049","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}
Julianne Vike Bøe, Helene Amundsen Nissen-Lie, Theresa Wilberg
{"title":"Finding a voice: A qualitative investigation of the therapeutic relationship with patients suffering from avoidant personality disorder","authors":"Julianne Vike Bøe, Helene Amundsen Nissen-Lie, Theresa Wilberg","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2024.2394766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2394766","url":null,"abstract":"This study comprises in-depth qualitative analysis of transcribed audio recordings from therapy with Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD)-patients, with focus on the characteristics and challenges ...","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142254930","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":"Factors moderating the relationship between peer contact and self-stigma in people with mental illness","authors":"Rachel D. Maunder","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2024.2384424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2384424","url":null,"abstract":"Recent evidence suggests that peer contact may reduce self-stigma in people with mental illness as intergroup contact does public stigma. Specifically, it has been hypothesized that contact with pe...","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":"104 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141942465","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}
Diana Fosha, Jeremy J. Coleman, Shigeru Iwakabe, Heather Gretton, Kaori Nakamura, Sarah Nunnink, Andrew J. Joseph, Kelley Quirk, Jesse Owen
{"title":"The development of the Moments of Flourishing Experience Scale: a new scale to measure positive, affect-based flourishing state experiences","authors":"Diana Fosha, Jeremy J. Coleman, Shigeru Iwakabe, Heather Gretton, Kaori Nakamura, Sarah Nunnink, Andrew J. Joseph, Kelley Quirk, Jesse Owen","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2024.2377167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2377167","url":null,"abstract":"Flourishing has been a focus of positive psychology, with increased attention to its translation into psychotherapy practice. Flourishing is an emergent process manifested in momentary experiential...","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141738003","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":"Vicarious resilience in ethnic identity among BIPOC counsellors and psychotherapists working with attempted genocide survivors","authors":"Mikaela Burgos Cando, Noorfarah Merali","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2024.2373472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2373472","url":null,"abstract":"BIPOC counsellors and psychotherapists share experiences of identity threats their clients of color face. Refugee attempted genocide survivors have faced the most severe identity threats: persecuti...","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":"185 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141612120","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}
Jerome Scaffidi, Michael J. Wilson, Zac E. Seidler, Melissa O’Shea
{"title":"Expectations versus reality: psychology trainees’ experiences working with men","authors":"Jerome Scaffidi, Michael J. Wilson, Zac E. Seidler, Melissa O’Shea","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2024.2373474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2373474","url":null,"abstract":"Despite increasing engagement with mental health services in Australia, therapy dropout rates for men remain high, most commonly due to a lack of connection with their therapist. Previous studies h...","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141780824","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":"Morality and emotion in therapy clients’ accounts for suicidality","authors":"Thomas Bradshaw, Amanda Le Couteur, Melissa Oxlad","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2024.2361380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2361380","url":null,"abstract":"Suicide is a substantial public health problem, yet little is understood about the ways in which clinicians and clients discuss suicide attempts. This study investigates commonalities in psychology...","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141259421","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":"Whom to ask? Whom to trust? Parents’ preferences for sources of advice on social-emotional parenting issues","authors":"Eva Strehlke, Rainer Bromme, Joscha Kärtner","doi":"10.1080/09515070.2024.2331441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2331441","url":null,"abstract":"Accumulating evidence shows how parents can support children’s social-emotional development with positive parenting practices. However, when confronted with parenting challenges, few parents seek e...","PeriodicalId":51653,"journal":{"name":"Counselling Psychology Quarterly","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140565851","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}