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Creating Options: Addressing Counseling Psychology Students’ Therapy Needs

Creating Options: Addressing Counseling Psychology Students’ Therapy Needs .

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Creating Options: Addressing Counseling Psychology Students’ Therapy Needs

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  1. Creating Options: Addressing Counseling Psychology Students’ Therapy Needs

  2. Seeking personal therapy as a graduate student in a helping profession produces unique circumstances, benefits, and barriers (Dearing, Maddux & Tangney, 2005). Given the perceived importance of therapy experiences and the role of therapy in the personal and professional development of the therapist, this is an area that deserves attention (Norcross, 2005). In a recent survey of 150 counseling psychology doctoral students, 96.6% reported it was either “very important” (69.2%) or “important” (27.4%) for counseling psychology programs to provide resources that assist students in utilizing therapy. However, fewer than a third of the students indicated their program has a policy regarding the utilization of therapeutic services (Syme, Roberts, Conrad, & Sharma, 2007). Moreover, students often reported existing policies inadequately addressed their concerns. An understanding of the challenges and successful attempts to provide adequate therapeutic options is needed. The purpose of this working group is to gain an expanded understanding of the issues facing students and programs in order to develop a set of recommendations for programs wishing to develop well-informed therapy policies for their students. The first session will be structured as a focus group aimed at developing a comprehensive understanding of the issues surrounding this topic, including faculty/administration perspectives, international student experiences, and existing solutions. In the second session, participants will take a collaborative role in developing a set of recommendations for implementing therapeutic utilization policies that support programs and students.

  3. Contacts for Next Steps • Maggie L.Syme, M.A., University of Kansas, msyme@ku.edu

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