[humanser] Looking for Professional Sources on the topic of challenges that Counselors with Disabilities Face

[Karen Rose]

Perhaps the lack of literature is itself an expression of the problem – we are supposed to be always the client and never the therapist. Karen

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> On Nov 15, 2015, at 2:58 PM, Sarah Meyer via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> 
> 
> For one of my classes, I have to write a research paper with 6-10 sources
> (primarily professional ones) that meet the following criteria:
> 
> Write a paper on a current issue for counselors. Discuss the research
> literature on the topic, and how it affects LMHC practice. Be sure to
> address the following in your paper:
> 
>         i. Describe the problem or challenge being faced by counseling
> professionals and/or the profession.
> 
>         ii.       Detail the various aspects associated with this problem. 
> 
>         iii.      Describe some ideas in addressing this challenge.
> 
> 
> 
> The topic I am writing about is challenges that counselors with
> disabilities, primarily sensory disabilities, face, such as what research
> has to say about the process of self-disclosure with clients, dealing with
> records and now electronic health records, issues of perceived
> warmth/competence by clients, and therapeutic attraction/openness in the
> therapeutic relationship as well as counselor disability status on
> relational dynamics in general, etc.  However, many of the articles that I
> find when I search our online database are not current, as in from the 90s,
> and so I am wondering if anyone knows of any more recent sources.  Also,
> when I search using phrases like "counselors with disabilities" or "blind
> counselors," many of the results are coming back with articles dealing with
> issues specific to rehab counselors but not mental health counselors, and
> another major issue is that most of the articles are about working with
> clients with disabilities, not about counselors themselves who have
> disabilities and must navigate a unique set of dynamics in their
> environment.
> 
> I may need to change gears with my topic and include all disabilities; we
> shall see. But I would like to examine how this issue also effects the
> profession as a whole, if that makes sense.
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions for narrowing down my research results or has
> any sources to share, it would be very much appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> 
> 
> -Sarah
> 
> 
> 
> Sarah K. Meyer
> 
> Graduate Student, Clinical Mental Health Counseling/Social Psychology
> 
> Ball State University
> 
> Board Member, National Federation of the Blind Human Services Division
> 
> Board Member, National Federation of the Blind of Indiana State Affiliate
> 
> sarah.meyer55 at gmail.com
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> (317)402-6632
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