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

[Ginny Duff]

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Dr. V. Duff 
Clinical Director, West End ACT Team, 
St. Joseph's Heatlh Centre , Toronto
Staff Psychiatrist, Complex Mental Illness, CAMH 
Lecturer, University of Toronto
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> On Nov 15, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Christina Moore via humanser
<humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Well said!! :)
> Christina
> 
>> On 11/15/15, Karen Rose via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> (317)402-6632
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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