Recognizing mental health issues in higher education career service sessions
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Miller, Chloé Alix
issued: 2023-04-03T22:24:55Z
issued: 2023
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Career service sessions, once provided by counselling psychology graduates, are now typically provided in separate career centres, by staff with employment expertise but with little mental health training. Research finds that the majority of career practitioners urgently require improved skills for identifying and referring mental health issues among their clients (Burwell & Kalbfleisch, 2007; CERIC, 2012; 2020a), as career and personal issues are often intertwined (Schaub, 2012), and myriad factors may lead clients with mental health issues to present for career sessions (Vidourek, et al., 2014). The present study used the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique to explore the experience of career practitioners in Western Canada who self-identified as having experience with recognizing mental health issues among their clients. Qualitative interviews were used to explore what helped or hindered participants in recognizing mental health issues. Experience in higher education settings was selected because mental health issues are prevalent among students, and because pre-service mental health screening is not standard practice in separated campus career service departments. Participants reported recognizing a relatively high frequency of mental issues. Critical incident findings were organized into six categories: 1.Workplace Supports, 2.CP Person-Level factors, 3.Building a Low-Pressure Relationship, 4.Using Career Theory and Career Process, 5.Active Listening, and 6.Exploring Barriers to Progress. Findings suggest that recognizing mental health issues is a proactive activity which is influenced by context, enhanced when certain permissions, training opportunities, and referral networks are in place. Findings underscored the importance of a strong working alliance, of close ties with the counselling team, of active listening, of cross-cultural competence, of gatekeeper training workshops, of the value of career theory and career tasks, and of strong knowledge about comm…
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note: RECOGNIZING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION CAREER SERVICE SESSIONS by Chloé Alix Miller B.A., University of British Columbia, 2003 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Counselling Psychology) The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) March 2023 © Chloé Alix Miller, 2023 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: Recognizing Mental Health Issues in Higher Education Career Service Sessions submitted by Chloé Alix Miller in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology Examining Committee: Dr. William (Bill) Borgen, Professor, Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, UBC Supervisor Dr. Marla Buchanan, Professor, Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Ishu Ishiyama, Associate Professor, Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, UBC Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract Career service sessions, once provided by counselling psychology graduates, are now typically provided in separate career centres, by staff with employment expertise but with little mental health training. Research finds that the majority of career practitioners urgently require improved skills for identifying and referring mental health issues among their clients (Burwell & Kalbfleisch, 2007; CERIC, 2012; 2020a), as career and personal issues are often intertwined (Schaub, 2012), and myriad factors may lead clients with mental health issues to present for career sessions (Vidourek, et al., 2014). The present study used the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique to explore the experience of career practitioners in Western Canada who self-identified as having experience with recognizing mental health issues among their clients. Qualitative interviews were used to…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0429359
language: eng
degree discipline: Counselling Psychology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Borgen, William A.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84134