Resource Tag: COUNSELLORS

This study used an embedded-case design to provide depth & clarification to an understanding of professional crisis intervention counselling in selected hospital & community mental health settings. Data were analyzed by abstracting to identifying categories & themes. All subjects had academic backgrounds that emphasized traditional theoretical counselling orientations & they continued to conceptualize patients using […]

Counsellors should put aside personal biases & moral objections in order to counsel people effectively. This principle is applied to suicide. It is argued that the responsible counsellor should be prepared to discuss suicide as a viable option with clients rather than simply working to prevent the client’s suicide. Direct-decision therapy is discussed as a […]

A model is presented in this pamphlet to assist counsellors to understand difficult grief. Information is presented on counselling strategies for distorted grief, delayed grief, prolonged grief & multiple losses. Brief examples are provided as illustration. A systems diagram is shown for a scenario involving multiple losses.

This article begins with a discussion of the components of suicide risk assessment. A program involving the use of a 55-minute videotape as a supplement to classroom lectures on risk assessment is then presented. An evaluation of the program showed that among 59 trainees, subjects who received the video/lecture training did significantly better at identifying […]

The purpose of this article is to propose ethical standards in the following 4 areas: 1) the training of culturally effective counsellors; 2) the provision of ethical & effective counselling to American minority, immigrant, refugee, & foreign student populations; 3) the selection & use of culturally appropriate assessment techniques; & 4) the conduct of culturally […]

The common limitations of suicide interventiontists were determined by analyzing the responses of 121 medical residents & 94 master’s-level counsellors to the Suicide Intervention Response Inventory. Some of the more common errors that were revealed were: 1) offering superficial reassurance; 2) inadequate assessment of suicidal intent; & 3) advice giving. In spite of these findings, […]

This pamphlet outlines the development of telephone services in the Ukraine & the aims of the national organization. Some statistics about the types of call received & the callers are presented. A brief directory concludes the pamphlet.

Mutual storytelling was used to help a 7-year-old boy in play therapy through a suicidal crisis. By listening to the boy’s story & responding with a similar story that included a healthier resolution & more adaptive problem solving strategies, the counselor was able to teach new ways of expressing anger & positive ways of resolving […]