Thomas Killian, Kimery R. Levering, Lainey J. Brottem
{"title":"Understanding Conflict Between Religious/Spiritual and Queer Identities: A Framework for Counselors","authors":"Thomas Killian, Kimery R. Levering, Lainey J. Brottem","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12154","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cvj.12154","url":null,"abstract":"<p>All individuals possess multiple intersecting identities, both contextually determined and at various stages of development. Contradictory or incompatible societal expectations attached to differing identities may cause internal conflict. Simultaneous navigation of queer and religious/spiritual identities may result in experiencing lack of affirmation and negative messaging, affecting successful negotiation and integration of these two identities, potentially affecting mental health. Awareness of this potential intersectional conflict is important for counselors treating these individuals. Here we present counselors with a framework for understanding intersecting identities by applying self-categorization theory and exploring the continued influence effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"66 2","pages":"145-162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44166207","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}
Jamie E. Crockett, Jennifer L. Rogers, Erin E. Binkley
{"title":"Cultural Dimensions of Early Pregnancy Loss: Spiritual and Religious Issues","authors":"Jamie E. Crockett, Jennifer L. Rogers, Erin E. Binkley","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12142","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cvj.12142","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nearly one in five clinically confirmed pregnancies ends in a loss before 20 weeks (Bardos et al., 2015). Despite the prevalence of miscarriage, many women and partners experience a lack of acknowledgment and support while also encountering complicated concerns related to the intersection of perinatal loss, culture, religious and spiritual issues, medical treatment, their reproductive stories, and grief (Randolph et al., 2015). Counselors working with these clients must address complex cultural considerations. As such, we review key cultural and religious/spiritual issues related to early pregnancy loss and offer recommendations for practice based on the current literature in the context of the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (2009) counseling competencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"66 1","pages":"21-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42896278","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}
Janeé R. Avent Harris, Edward Wahesh, Marah Barrow, Jessica A. Fripp
{"title":"Demographics, Stigma, and Religious Coping and Christian African Americans' Help Seeking","authors":"Janeé R. Avent Harris, Edward Wahesh, Marah Barrow, Jessica A. Fripp","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12145","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cvj.12145","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigated the relationship between demographic characteristics, mental health treatment stigma, religious coping, and help seeking among a sample of 488 Christian African Americans. The results indicated that religious coping, both negative and positive, accounted for a significant portion of variance and explained trends in lifetime counseling attendance above and beyond that explained by demographic characteristics and mental health treatment stigma variables.</p>","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"66 1","pages":"73-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12145","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41416393","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}
Taheera N. Blount, Amanda C. LaGuardia, David C. Fitzpatrick
{"title":"African American Women's Substance Use Recovery Experiences: A Phenomenological Inquiry","authors":"Taheera N. Blount, Amanda C. LaGuardia, David C. Fitzpatrick","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12146","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cvj.12146","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We examined the lived substance use recovery experiences of eight African American women. Specifically, in this study, we examined how participants were able to achieve sustained recovery without the aid of substance use treatment. Using transcendental phenomenological analysis, we found that participants used four components of recovery capital: family, spirituality, religion, and the Black Church. This study has important relevance to working with African American women in substance use recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"66 1","pages":"92-110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12146","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47250971","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":"Community-Based Participatory Research With Black Churches","authors":"Janeé R. Avent Harris","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12141","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cvj.12141","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Black Americans are more likely than other racial/ethnic groups to rely on spiritual and religious resources for mental health support. As such, counselors must seek unique ways to reach and understand Black communities. This article provides an overview of Black Americans' help-seeking behaviors, the significance and culture of the Black Church, and a framework for counselors and counseling researchers to form effective partnerships to conduct community-based participatory research initiatives that will produce empirical outcomes and promote culturally responsive mental health and wellness programming in Black communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"66 1","pages":"2-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12141","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47648457","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}
Rakesh Kumar Maurya, Amanda C. DeDiego, Mary Alice Bruce
{"title":"Application of Yoga as a Spiritual Practice to Enhance Counselor Wellness and Effectiveness","authors":"Rakesh Kumar Maurya, Amanda C. DeDiego, Mary Alice Bruce","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12144","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cvj.12144","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this article, we explore potential benefits of yoga, an ancient Indian tradition for spiritual growth and development, for counselors. Counselors use themselves as instruments to support clients and are constantly exposed to the traumatic experiences of clients, which may leave them susceptible to secondary traumatic stress or compassion fatigue (Shallcross, 2011). Yoga can help counselors not only in achieving holistic wellness but also in developing a way of being consistent with the characteristics of an effective counselor. Furthermore, yoga, as a spiritual practice, can empower counselors to embark on a spiritual journey driven by their own personal experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"66 1","pages":"57-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12144","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46994737","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":"Guidelines for Authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cvj.12104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"66 1","pages":"111-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137729226","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":"A Primer on Celtic Spirituality With Recommendations for Counseling Practice","authors":"Christopher A. Sink, Gregory Lemich","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12143","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cvj.12143","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research suggests that expressions of Celtic spirituality are widespread among the U.S. populace (e.g., Pew Research Center, 2014; Sullivan, 2016). Adherents vary in their commitment levels, ranging from informal cultural participants to followers of structured forms of the faith tradition (e.g., Celtic Christianity, Wicca, Paganism). The counseling literature provides scant information on this movement and germane approaches to support clients who identify with this spirituality. To respond to this deficiency, we address the topic by contextualizing Celtic spirituality from definitional, historical, and thematic perspectives. Next, we consider implications for spiritually sensitive counseling practice. We include a case study, exemplifying potential adaptive counseling processes and interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"66 1","pages":"40-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12143","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48405127","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":"TOC","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cvj.12105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"66 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12105","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137744481","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":"Posttraumatic Growth in Trauma Survivors: Associations With Attachment to God and God Representation","authors":"M. Zeligman, Jasmaine Ataga, Zoe Shaw","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cvj.12135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"65 1","pages":"155-169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12135","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46918956","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}