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Serving Clients With Hearing Loss: Best Practices in Mental Health Counseling
Author(s) -
Fusick Lisa
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2008.tb00631.x
Subject(s) - interpreter , mental health , hearing loss , psychology , best practice , cultural competence , medical education , nursing , applied psychology , medicine , psychiatry , pedagogy , audiology , political science , computer science , law , programming language
This article examines the risk factors and characteristics of clients with hearing loss, including inequitable access to education and mental health care services, financial barriers, communication problems, and societal discrimination. Culturally specific counseling approaches and techniques for mental health counselors serving clients with hearing loss are presented, with a focus on building counselor competency and client employment skills. The use of interpreters in therapeutic settings is also discussed.