ABSTRACT Persons with disabilities face numerous barriers that affect their well-being, yet no validated Bangla tool exists to assess subjective well-being in this population. This study validated the Bangla WHO-5 Well-being Index among 518 adults with disabilities from rural and urban areas of Bangladesh. Reliability and validity were examined using Classical Test Theory and Rasch analysis. The scale demonstrated a unidimensional structure with good model fit (CFI = 0.98, TLI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.06). Internal consistency was acceptable (α = 0.63), and test–retest reliability was excellent (ICC = 0.87). Convergent and divergent validity were supported. Rasch analysis showed acceptable item fit and strong item and person separation reliability. Findings suggest that the Bangla WHO-5 is a valid and reliable measure of subjective well-being among persons with disabilities.

ABSTRACT This study examined the mediating role of resilience in the association of positive childhood experiences with anxiety and loneliness. Participants included 407 young Turkish adults (67.8% females) ranging in age between 18 and 24 years (mean age = 22.32 ± 1.60) and completed measures of positive childhood experiences, resilience, anxiety, and loneliness. The results showed that positive childhood experiences had a significant predictive effect on resilience and loneliness. Resilience had a significant predictive effect on anxiety and loneliness. Most importantly, resilience mediated the impact of positive childhood experiences on anxiety and loneliness. These findings highlight resilience as a key factor linking positive childhood experiences with anxiety and loneliness, presenting valuable guidance for interventions that enhance their positive impact on mental health.

ABSTRACT This investigation explored linkages between career choices and childhood or adolescent adversity among young Indian therapists. We sought to understand participants’ perceptions of their challenges, how they attempted to overcome them, and the paths through which adversity contributed to their decision to become psychotherapists. Data was collected through interviews with 10 psychotherapists and analysed using the interpretative phenomenological lens. Findings indicated that participants’ experiences of early adversity were characterized by the absence of spaces to articulate feelings and a sense of being unheard. As adults, being in therapy ameliorated the experience of being marginalized. Living through early challenges enabled empathy, while receiving therapy contributed to participants being more effective practitioners. Supervision and self-awareness helped in coping with exhaustion and distress.

ABSTRACT A specific form of coaching practice that incorporated elements of mindfulness was investigated in this study. The author reviewed scholarly literature from the past two decades and provided a preliminary assessment of the available research evidence on mindfulness coaching, mindfulness-based coaching and mindfulness-informed coaching. This search helped to offer a preliminary assessment of the scope of available research literature. The growth phase (2011–2019) marked a rapid increase in publications, with journal articles becoming dominant. Overall, 73% of publications originated from the U.S., UK and Australia, while the Global South remains underrepresented. The author concluded how mindfulness coaching was conceptualized in the literature and what evidence there was to support the effectiveness of mindfulness coaching and related interventions.

ABSTRACT Adolescents face multiple risk factors that increase vulnerability to negative outcomes, yet protective factors such as mindfulness, emotion regulation, and resilience help mitigate these challenges. This study examined the relationships among mindful attention awareness, emotion regulation (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression), and resilience in 584 Turkish adolescents (50.9% female; Mage = 15.35, SD = 1.16) using a cross-sectional online survey. Results indicated that both cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression significantly mediated the association between mindfulness and resilience. Findings highlight the importance of awareness and emotional regulation skills in fostering resilience and mental well-being, offering implications for targeted interventions to support adolescent mental health.

ABSTRACT This study examined whether counseling expectations moderate the link between relationship insecurity and working alliance. Data from 238 university counseling clients showed that expectations, particularly about counselor directiveness, did moderate this negative association. Managing clients’ expectations about counselor expertise can therefore help foster a strong working alliance, even for those with relationship insecurities that typically hinder therapeutic engagement.

ABSTRACT Little is known about the wellbeing of school counsellors in the Global South. To address this gap, we conducted (1) a quantitative study examining the relationship between counsellors’ roles and their wellbeing and (2) a qualitative study investigating counsellors’ perceptions of how their roles influence their wellbeing. There was a significant correlation between participants’ non counselling roles and their wellbeing. The counsellors saw themselves as having a stronger professional identity and greater work satisfaction when they had influence, leadership roles, and were engaged in advocacy. Professional identity and job satisfaction were diminished by taking on roles that were incongruent with their counselling role. The study has implications for counsellors’ wellbeing and the development of school counselling.

ABSTRACT Psychotherapy is understood as a Western healing method, meaning, individuals seem to most benefit from psychotherapy when they have values, beliefs, and morals driven by Westernized principles. In the current research, we undertake the objective of assessing Western components of psychotherapy to assess their relationship with attitudes towards psychotherapy. Western components of psychotherapy were measured as Asian values, collective self-esteem, cultural mistrust, ethnic identity, and European-American values were investigated. Data were collected from 144 university students in India. We find that cultural mistrust revealed a statistically significant negative prediction for positive attitudes for professional help-seeking. Our research is a preliminary study to investigate a variables that encapsulate the Western elements of psychotherapy to inform psychotherapy practices in non-Western contexts.

ABSTRACT Family stability is integral to individual well-being and social cohesion. Rising divorce rates globally and in Iran highlight the need to examine factors affecting marital health. This study explored the mediating role of emotional empathy in the relationship between marital functioning, adaptability, and alexithymia among 150 incompatible couples referred to divorce centers in Yazd, Iran, in 2023. Results showed significant correlations among marital functioning, empathy, adaptability, and alexithymia. Emotional empathy mediated the link between marital functioning and both adaptability and alexithymia, indicating its protective role against relational discord. These findings emphasize empathy’s importance in promoting marital resilience and suggest that targeted interventions enhancing empathy and marital functioning may reduce conflict intensity in high-risk relationships..

ABSTRACT Supervision is a compulsory activity where therapists develop through evaluation and support from a senior member of the profession. Supervision has progressed from learning through osmosis to full recognition with requirements for training; however, training focusses on in-person supervision and does not routinely consider telehealth. This qualitative research explored the experiences of 12 supervisors in three disciplines; psychology, counselling and social work using three supervision modalities; in-person, videoconference and telephonic. Three themes emerged about the use of different modes: (1) supervisors’ experience of trust in the supervision process (2) supervisors’ experience of applying adaptive actions and (3) supervisors’ experience of competence and challenges using different modes, with an interconnecting discovery that supervisors exhibit distracted behaviours when using telehealth.