Mental Health Counselors' Perceptions of Rural Women Clients

Autor/inn/en	Leagjeld, Lisbeth A.; Waalkes, Phillip L.; Jorgensen, Maribeth F.
Titel	Mental Health Counselors' Perceptions of Rural Women Clients
Quelle	In: Professional Counselor, 11 (2021) 1, S.86-101 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2164-3989
Schlagwörter	Mental Health Workers; Counselor Attitudes; Counselor Client Relationship; Rural Population; Females; Adults; Feminism; Barriers; Resilience (Psychology); Access to Health Care; Health Needs; Cultural Background; Art Expression; Counselor Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiater; Landbevölkerung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Feminismus
Abstract	Researchers have frequently described rural women as invisible, yet at 28 million, they represent over half of the rural population in the United States. We conducted a transcendental phenomenological study using semi-structured interviews and artifacts to explore 12 Midwestern rural-based mental health counselors' experiences counseling rural women through a feminist lens. Overall, we found eight themes organized under two main categories: (a) "perceptions of work with rural women" (e.g., counselors' sense of purpose, a rural heritage, a lack of training for work with rural women, and the need for additional research); and (b) "perceptions of rural women and mental health" (e.g., challenges, resiliency, protective factors, and barriers to mental health services for rural women). We offer specific implications for counselors to address the unique mental health needs of rural women, including hearing their stories through their personal lenses and offering them opportunities for empowerment at their own pace. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01