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Brandolin, Francesca; Lappalainen, Päivi; Gorinelli, Simone; Muotka, Joona; Räsänen, Panajiota; Lappalainen, Raimo – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2023
The mental health of international students has become a concern, as they face high levels of psychological distress. We designed a five-week acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) workshop with two additional individual assessment meetings. The intervention aimed at helping international students attending a Finnish university to reduce their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Foreign Students, Stress Variables
Souto, Anne-Mari; Sotkasiira, Tiina – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2022
Many researchers have drawn attention to the importance of intersectionality and anti-racism in career guidance, but literature thus far contains few practical examples of how to go about dismantling ethnic and racial normativities that shape educational and labour market transitions. The aim of this article is to deepen the understanding of…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Intersectionality, Racism, Social Justice
Paterson, S.M.; Laajala, T.; Lehtelä, P.-L. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2019
Online counselling literature indicates that the quality of effective online counselling is intrinsically linked to methods used and experiences gained in counselling training courses and suggests that online counselling is a very real alternative to meeting face-to-face. In Europe, online counselling is becoming a widespread idea. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Counselor Training, Student Attitudes, Counseling Services
Sinkkonen, Hanna-Maija; Puhakka, Helena; Meriläinen, Matti – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2018
This study investigates Internet use in relation to self-esteem and adaptability in career decision-making among Finnish adolescents (N = 336). Decision-making and adaptability were evaluated using a questionnaire on career decision style, self-esteem was assessed with a self-esteem test, and Internet use was measured by an instrument that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Computer Use, Adolescents
Rantanen, Antti P.; Soini, Hannu S. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine changes in counsellor trainees' ways of responding to clients' messages after four weeks of Peer Group Consultation (PGC) training [Soini, Jämsä, & Kuusisto, 2006. Scaffolding and consultation of skilled performance. In K. Thompson J. Liukkonen, & T. Jaakkola (Eds.), "Promotion of motor skills…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Peer Groups, Counselor Client Relationship, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
Kettunen, Jaana; Sampson, James P., Jr.; Vuorinen, Raimo – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2015
This article reports findings from a phenomenographic investigation into career practitioners' understanding of competency for social media in career services. Sixteen Danish and Finnish practitioners with experience using social media in career services were interviewed in focus groups. Competency for social media in career services was conceived…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, Interviews
Meriläinen, Matti; Puhakka, Helena; Sinkkonen, Hanna-Maija – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2015
Students' suggestions for how to eliminate bullying at universities were gathered as part of an e-questionnaire sent to each university student (N = 10,551) at a Finnish university. The suggestions (n = 2804) regarding how to address bullying at universities were divided into the following four classes: support (944), punishment (78), support and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
Kettunen, Jaana; Vuorinen, Raimo; Sampson, James P., Jr. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2013
This article reports the outcomes of a study, undertaken from a phenomenographic perspective, of career practitioners' conceptions of social media usage in career services. Fifteen Finnish career practitioners--representing comprehensive, secondary and higher education as well as public employment services--were interviewed in focus groups. The…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Counselor Attitudes, Counseling Services, Phenomenology
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Lairio, Marjatta; Nissila, Pia – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2002
A follow-up study and in-depth interviews on school counseling practices and problems in Finland showed that in the last 10 years the work of the school counselor has extended and become more diversified. This article analyzes this change in terms of the problems and core tasks of counseling and the new challenges faced by Finnish counselors.…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Foreign Countries