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PSY 650 – Lecture Notes

Chapter 1 – Contemporary Issues in Counseling Research

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the purpose of learning about research in counseling;

2. Understand the principles of the Scientist-Practitioner Model;

3. The basics of data-based problem solving

4. Comprehend the implications for counseling research on the world of practice;

5. Recognize the various journals dedicated to the counseling profession.

Why Research?

← As a profession, counselors are paying increasing attention to the ___________ of their practice.

o Need research skills to be an effective counselor

The Scientist-Practitioner

← Managed care organizations have eliminated all but what they deem medically necessary treatment by establishing a predetermined number of treatment sessions based on diagnosis.

← Counselors must be able to provide proof that ________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

← The Scientist Practitioner (SP) model links ____________________________________________

____________________________, leading to more effective treatment and potentially reducing costs.

← The model was developed for use in clinical psychology.

← The impetus for the model was combining ____________________________________________

___________________________

← Affords counselors the best aspects of the ____________________________________________

← Counselors in training are afforded an opportunity to approach all cases as formal research projects and to use empirical evidence in everyday practice.

← It provides a best practice approach using research methods throughout work as a practicing counselor.

← Three roles have been delegated to the practicing counselor:

o A. _______________________________________

o B. _______________________________________

o C. _______________________________________

← The practitioner should be well versed in ____________________________________, leading to counselors who are involved in research and scientists who are involved in practice.

← This model asserts that research and effective clinical skills can be integrated simultaneously.

← Scientist Practitioners use data based interventions that have been proven effective through research.

← Counselors should establish goals, implement interventions, and obtain proof of outcomes in a timely manner.

← It is important for counselors to acknowledge the importance of the data being utilized to:

o A. _______________________________________

o B. _______________________________________

o C. _______________________________________

← Researchers have been able to evaluate the utility of various counseling practices, empirically analyze components of counseling practices, and determine the impact of matching presenting problems with specific counseling models through the use of the SP model.

Counseling Research

← Researchers typically focus on two different aspects of the profession:

o A. effective counseling models

o B. aspects of the individual counselor that affect outcomes.

← Effective Models

o Certain factors in the counseling process play more of a role than the theory being used.

▪ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Empirically supports treatments have been found to have important effects on specific problems.

← Counselor as Research Subject

o There is not a signature profile for counselors.

o Neither demographic variables, professional identity, nor years of practice have significant impact on the outcome of the counseling process.

▪ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

← _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

← Includes qualitative and quantitative approaches to research.

← Combines both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

← Includes issues central to the research process such as ethics, multiculturalism, writing, reviewing the literature.

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PSY 650 – Dr. V

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