This session presents empirical results from a four-week, faith-based, group REBT intervention for justice-involved BIPOC adults with probable PTSD. Participants demonstrated significant reductions in PTSD symptoms and discrimination stress, with large effect sizes observed in total scores and most subscales. Attendees will learn how culturally responsive REBT may improve engagement, address avoidance, and support poly-stress management in underserved populations.
This roundtable reviews the implementation of integrative sandtray supervision with CITs who worked at trauma-based internship sites. The study discussed in this roundtable used a single-case research design to examine the effectiveness of the intervention on reducing secondary traumatic stress over the course of an academic semester. In addition to the results, this roundtable discusses limitations of the study, recommendations for future research, and the implications for counselor education.
Research acknowledges the importance of parents’ role in the prevention of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), yet there are few prevention programs that target parents. During the 50-minute round table session, presenters will briefly discuss preliminary findings, explore methodological challenges, invite feedback on CSA prevention curriculum development, and facilitate discussion on trauma-informed parenting strategies.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) disrupts communication, emotional regulation, and relationship functioning, placing strain on romantic partnerships. This session presents dyadic research on help-seeking stigma, motivation, and relationship satisfaction in TBI-affected couples. Attendees will explore implications for counseling research, including the value of dyadic methods and strategies to better understand and support relational processes in clinical and research contexts.
There is need for holistic metacognitive measures of counselors' and counselor-students' levels of state and trait mindfulness, executive functioning (EF), stress, and wellness as a metacognitive assessment to measure and further understand the cognitive and mental wellness needs of counselors. When baseline data for EF and mindfulness levels of counselors is attained, researchers can then design better mindfulness interventions specifically for the multicultural needs of counselors altogether.
Single case research design (SCRD) is a growing methodology across behavioral disciplines to establish evidence for treatment and intervention effectiveness. SCRD offers a more feasible, practical method to assess intervention effectiveness, using smaller samples to infer clinical significance (Lenz, 2015; Mirza et al., 2017). This Q&A session will support students and researchers by exploring how to apply SCRD in current or future studies based on presenters' ongoing scholarship.
