Thus, professional counselors in this study who reported higher levels of stress were more likely to experience burnout, whereas those with higher levels of resilience were less likely to experience burnout. Researchers are called to investigate the social and psychological effects of providing services during a pandemic on vulnerable groups, such as frontline workers (e.g., professional counselors) who are providing care for others and who are at risk of mental health issues (Li et al., 2020; Litam & Balkin, 2021; Thakur & Jain, 2020). Correcting psychotherapists blindsidedness: Formal feedback as a means of overcoming the natural limitations of therapists, Therapists are under strain in COVID19 era, counseling clients on trauma they're also experiencing themselves. , Development and psychometric evaluation of the Resilience Scale. We found no multicollinearity between independent variables, so all variables were retained in the regression analyses using a forced entry method, with all predictors entered simultaneously (Field, 2013). Heartbreaking referrals, professional disgrace: The impact of Medicare ineligibility on the counseling profession. (2001). , For example, drawing on the writings of Gone (2021), developing and non-Western nations can engage in power-sharing, a decolonizing mentality where collective thought [regarding mental health and wellness] is more powerful than individual thought (p. 265). U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs , Counseling is a professional guidance for the client by using psychological skills. Young, H. M. Our assertion is supported by earlier studies that postulated counselors who reframed clinical difficulties as a natural part of the therapeutic process also demonstrated higher levels of resilience (Macdonald & MellorClark, 2015; NissenLie et al., 2017). Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Counseling in Nigeria and the United States of America: Contrasts and similarities. , According to SadlerGerhardt and Stevenson (2012) and Stebnicki (2017), professional counselors can cultivate resilience by making choices that attend to their selfcare and wellness and by engaging in positive thinking. Counseling's evolution under COVID19. Generally speaking, the development of the counseling profession in non-Western countries is relatively new. Counselor professional identity: Findings and implications for counseling and interprofessional collaboration. Parents' high expectations from students, changing the mindset during post-secondary education, a student forced to pursue a career of his/her dislike can lead to lower self-esteem of the student. Accessibility Asian Journal of Counselling, 18(1/2), 114. Such knowledge and skills should be a critical part of helping professionals training curriculum and continued education as IPC is a regular part of their work. Morris, C. Tansella, M. For example, continuous exposure to COVID19related media may further exacerbate related stress and contribute to secondary trauma (Torales et al., 2020). , SadlerGerhardt, C. J. The study showed among others, that the counsellors face several problems, difficulties and challenges like, lack of awareness of counselling among people, inadequate pay, job insecurity, absence of a professional body to regulate counselling, lack of network of counsellors and mental health professionals for seeking supervision and consultation. 8600 Rockville Pike Respondents are asked to reflect on how much they have been bothered by situations using a 5point Likerttype scale (0 = not at all, 1 = a little bit, 2 = moderately, 3 = quite a bit, and 4 = extremely). Although we sought to obtain a national sample, readers must interpret the findings with caution because participants may not be representative of the counselor population in the United States. Compassion fatigue and psychological distress among social workers: A validation study. (2021). Interdisciplinary Collaboration Challenges Faced by Counselors in Places Where Professional Counseling is Nascent. Applied Ergonomics, 43(1), 126. When therapists face discrimination Respondents are asked to reflect on their experiences over the last 30 days. CSISF was significantly correlated with RS (r = .25, p = .002), and RS was significantly correlated with PCL5 (r = .43, p < .001). Although professional counseling primarily grew out of the United States, internationally, counseling training standards, professional identity, and scope of practice should be defined by local stakeholders, cultures, and other contextual factors and not simply generalized versions of a Western counseling profession. Counseling can be emotionally draining, as counselors often work with clients who are dealing with difficult issues such as abuse, trauma, and mental illness. Qiu, J. Daniels, H. Career counseling for longevity: Selfcare and burnout prevention strategies for counselor resilience. , (2007). (2020). Conversely, for each 1point increase in resilience, there was a .73point decrease in burnout. Journal of School-Based Counseling Policy and Evaluation, 1(1), 1725. Cullen, W. , These authors appear to be the first to detail a model of IPC and share their experience as part of a U.S.-based IPC. The 30item ProQOL (Stamm, 2010) measures the positive and negative effects of helping professionals working with people who have experienced traumatic events. Feng, J. An exploration of clinical mental health counselors attitudes toward professional identity and interprofessionalism. Burnout encompasses an amalgam of experiences and is characterized by feelings of exhaustion, cynicism, anxiety, irritability, fatigue, withdrawal, and reduced professional efficacy (Maslach et al., 2001; Schaufeli & Enzmann, 1998). For example, counselors can participate in communityenriching practices such as sharing client success with colleagues in person and/or through online and virtual HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)compliant platforms. endobj Just as factors to promote collaboration may occur at any given level, so too, may challenges and barriers exist at any given level of collaboration. ProQOL = Professional Quality of Life Scale; PSS = Perceived Stress Scale; CSISF = Coping Strategies Inventory Short Form; RS = Resilience Scale; PCL5 = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM5. Such a process enables a meaningful inclusion of counselors in professional spaces to allow them to meet the socio-emotional needs of clients and communities. For international collaborations, challenges further include ethnocentrism on the part of both local and international collaborators and language barriers. We believe that the challenges faced by counselors in these environments are reflective of those encountered by most nascent, burgeoning professions. Perceived stress was also strongly positively related to burnout. , Thomas, D. A. These services expanded over time to become professional practices that include mental health counseling. Foster-Fishman et al. (2001) presented an integrative framework of collaboration rooted in member capacity, relational capacity, organizational capacity, and programmatic capacity. One of the main challenges that counselors face is managing their own emotions. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480720934378, Klein, J. L., & Beeson, E. T. (2022). (1993). As the counseling profession grows in these countries, counselors are likely to experience challenges and barriers related to recognition and inclusion by other mental health professionals. Cultivating resilience reflects active decisions that orient individuals toward wellness and health. Participants identified as female (n = 135, 83.9%); male (n = 24, 14.9%); and transgender, genderqueer, or nonbinary (n = 2, 1.2%). Membership. Vicarious traumatization in the general public, members, and nonmembers of medical teams aiding in COVID19 control, Take your kungflu back to Wuhan: Counseling Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders with racebased trauma related to COVID19. Ford, T. , These types of barriers and challenges parallel much of the work of Foster-Fishman et al. At the time of the study, a measure of COVID19 impact had not yet been psychometrically validated. Hglend, P. A. Providing disaster mental health counseling may also increase counselor stress in ways that contribute to empathic occupational hazards. Interprofessional training: Preparing graduate counseling and social work students for integrated behavioral healthcare settings. , Scores on the PCL5 demonstrated strong internal consistency ( = .94) and testretest reliability (r = .82; Blevins et al., 2015). , Original Research Paper The International Journal of Indian Psychology ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349- 3429 (p) Volume 4, Issue 3, DIP: 18.01.127/20170403 An Ethics Challenge for School Counselors: Part 2 Ethical and legal issues are faced daily by school counselors (Bodenhorn, 2006; Moyer, Sullivan, & Growcock, 2012). , For example, to minimize stress, counselors working in crisis environments are encouraged to receive training in psychological first aid and intervention skills for psychological recovery, healing after trauma, and families who experience loss (Bellamy et al., 2019). https://hsc.unm.edu/ipe/resources/ipec-2016-core-competencies.pdf, Interprofessional Education Collaborative (2021). (2018). 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The items are rated on a 5point Likerttype scale (1 = never, 2 = seldom, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, and 5 = always). (2021). A standard multiple regression analysis was conducted to test Hypothesis 3. Patel et al.s (2012) systematic review of the literature arrived at a similar observation noting that constraints on collaboration may be found at an individual and team levels, at a process and task level, at a support level, and at an organizational level (p. 14). Jiang, R. Sheperis, C. Wilson, M. , (2017). Journal of Counseling & Development, 88(1), 1822. , Counselors are called to build resilience to mitigate the challenging aspects of their work and increase their sense of purpose (Lambert & Lawson, 2013; SadlerGerhardt & Stevenson, 2012), especially when providing services during a pandemic. When vicarious trauma is compounded with their own traumatic life experiences, professional counselors may become more susceptible to emotional arousal (Lawson & Myers, 2011), which may result in compassion fatigue and burnout (Lent & Schwartz, 2012; SadlerGerhardt & Stevenson, 2012). Schnurr, P. P. ProQOL total scores for participants in this study ranged from 46 to 84, with a mean of 61.76 and a standard deviation of 7.94; scores on the ProQOL CS subscale ranged from 10 to 40, with a mean of 30.17 and a standard deviation of 5.78; scores on the ProQOL BO subscale ranged from 11 to 37, with a mean of 21.13 and a standard deviation of 5.36; and, finally, scores on the ProQOL STS subscale ranged from 1 to 30, with a mean of 10.46 and a standard deviation of 5.55. (2007). Morris, M. H. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) and mental health for children and adolescents. Zhu, B. ProQOL. Chea, C. S. L. Abstract. Our finding supplements the existing body of research on disaster and crisis counseling (Bellamy et al., 2019; Lambert & Lawson, 2013; Pow & Cashwell, 2017) while contributing novel findings specific to counselors working during the COVID19 pandemic. Multiple regression analyses can be predictive and can determine how much of the variation in a dependent variable is explained by the independent variables (Johnson, 2001; Laerd Statistics, n.d.a). International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 34, 518. Professional counselors who are providing counseling services during the global COVID19 pandemic may be facing higher levels of stress and posttraumatic symptoms in ways that affect their professional quality of life. Including behavioral health providers and professional counselors in IPC helps ensure clients are provided better quality care and more holistic care (Johnson & Mahan, 2019, p. 637) and receive equitable health care by attending to discrepancies within the healthcare system (Vogel et al., 2014). As a Mental Health Counselor What Are Some Ethical Issues You Will Face? , https://doi.org/10.3109/13561829909025531, Rahman, A. M. A., & Atan, N. J. M. I. Posttraumatic stress received the strongest weight in the model ( = .33), followed by perceived stress ( = .27). The allencompassing experience of burnout necessitates special consideration for professional counselors providing services during the pandemic. 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