Career Decision-Making Processes and Cultural Perspectives from East-Asian Counselling Psychologists in Canada

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dc.contributor.advisorZhao, Xu
dc.contributor.authorMaria, Kim
dc.contributor.committeememberMaroney, Meredith
dc.contributor.committeememberKawalilak, Colleen
dc.date2022-11
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-27T22:47:43Z
dc.date.available2022-09-27T22:47:43Z
dc.date.issued2022-09
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the career decision-making processes of East Asian psychologists in Canada, documents their perspective on cultural competency education at the graduate level, and discuss implications for recruiting and training future counselling psychologists to better meet the mental health needs of East Asian communities and individuals. This study is a qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews with 10 participants in Canada: five practicing counselling psychologists and five counselling psychology graduate students, all from East Asian backgrounds. Through a qualitative thematic analysis, salient themes revolving around participants’ career decision-making experiences, their experiences in graduate training programs, as well as their professional experiences were identified. These themes point to gaps between existing mental health practices in counselling psychology and the cultural experiences of East Asian individuals. They highlight the need for promoting diverse representation in the field of professional psychology, as well as addressing deficits in cultural competency training in counselling psychology programs in Canada. This research provides a unique perspective from a group of minority psychologists regarding ways to enhance the recruiting and training psychologists from more diverse cultural backgrounds to promote equity, diversity, and inclusiveness in the field of counselling psychology.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMaria, K. (2022). Career decision-making processes and cultural perspectives from East-Asian counselling psychologists in Canada (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/115308
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40314
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Educationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectEquity, diversity, and inclusionen_US
dc.subjectEast Asianen_US
dc.subjectCareer developmenten_US
dc.subjectCultural influencesen_US
dc.subjectIntersectionality researchen_US
dc.subjectQualitative researchen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducational Psychologyen_US
dc.titleCareer Decision-Making Processes and Cultural Perspectives from East-Asian Counselling Psychologists in Canadaen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation Graduate Program – Educational Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
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