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Item Exploring master-level counseling students experiences in taking online counselor education courses(2023-01-01) Iceman, Karli N.The purpose of this research was to explore master-level counseling students’ lived experiences when taking online counselor education courses within the past five years (i.e., 2017-2022). Traditionally, counselor education programs and classes are offered through in-person learning modalities. However, the increased movement and utilization of online learning in higher education has raised the question and application of online learning within counselor education. Although past research explored the efficacy of online counselor education, there is a limited amount of research available about students’ experiences with training to become counselors in an online environment. My dissertation sought to fill this gap by using a qualitative, transcendental phenomenological approach to learn more about master-level counseling students’ experiences with taking their counseling classes through an online learning environment. Based on 13 participants’ experiences, four categories emerged. Participants spoke of their positive experiences with taking online counseling classes, the challenges the experienced, the ways that they coped or adjusted with taking online classes, and how they felt that their online counselor education impacted their counselor development. The findings of this study are intended to help provide counselor educators and counselor education programs ways to better develop and implement online counseling classes in ways that promote student success.Item Counselor Self-Efficacy, Work Experience, and Educational Background as Predictors in Willingness to Treat and Seek Additional Training to Work with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Clients(2022-01-01) Russell, Tobi Y.; Taber, Brian; Leibert, Todd; Matthews, Jennifer; Fink, RobertThe aim of the research was to understand how counselor self-efficacy (CSE) influences willingness to treat non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) clients, as well as willingness to seek out training to learn about NSSI. Research has shown that NSSI clients are viewed by counselors as one of the most difficult types of clients to treat and counselors report a lack of knowledge of how to confidently work with NSSI clients. However, CSE for both community and school counselors and whether it predictswillingness to work with NSSI clients or to obtain training about NSSI has not been examined in the literature. The current study used a non-experimental, quantitative design to look at the relationship between CSE, willingness to treat NSSI clients, and willingness to participate in NSSI training. The results found significant differences between CSE and willingness to work with NSSI clients, but no significant differences between CSE and willingness to obtain NSSI training. The clinical implications, limitations and future research recommendations for counselors are discussed.Item Determining The Antecedents That Lead To High Conflict Domestic Disputes In Couples With Children(2022-10-10) Anderson, Kelli Brady; Leibert, Todd W.; Matthews, Jennifer; Hawley, Lisa; Korenchuk, JenniferThe aim of this research is to determine the antecedents that cause domestic disputes to devolve into high conflict domestic disputes in couples with children. Research in this area has focused on reactive interventions that occur once the high conflict dispute already exists, in addition to outcomes for the children involved in these disputes. However, current literature does not specifically focus in on the aspects that are present in high conflict relationships that set them apart from those who engage in the regular conflict that occurs at the end of a relationship. Participants included individuals employed as Custody and Parenting Time Specialists, who work regularly and closely with individuals embroiled in high conflict disputes. Using a qualitative, grounded theory approach, this dissertation develops a theory that identifies the antecedents that cause regular conflict to devolve into a high conflict domestic dispute. The study found that there were ten antecedent categories, which were then organized and condensed into three concepts that were either external or internal to the parties involved in domestic disputes: systemic influences, outcomes of childhood experiences, and relationship influences.