Nicola Amari
Biographic Data
| ID | 5454542 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicola Amari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicola |
| FAMILY NAME | Amari |
| SIGNATURE | AMARI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1857-3021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Humanistic and trauma-informed counseling psychology
Social justice in counseling psychology practice
This article articulates how compassion can be integrated into counseling psychology practice to augment the commitment to social justice. Drawing on a humanistic–existential paradigm that asserts the primacy of ethics, a multilayered understanding of compassion is explored in its implication for practitioners. Second, as appreciation for suffering as an existential given, compassion expresses connectedness through the shared experience of othern…
Exploring the humanistic value base of counseling psychology
Compassion for Ethnically Diverse Individuals Who Reported Childhood Trauma
This research explores the experience and meaning of compassion for ethnically diverse individuals who reported having experienced childhood trauma. Seven self-identified women living in Scotland were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling. Multimodal data collection included drawings, semi-structured interviews, and attention to participants' felt-sense. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, three superordinate themes emerged: "…
The Ethics of Being a Counseling Psychologist
This reflective report evaluates my personal and professional development at the end of my counseling psychology training. As I understand counseling psychology practice as a way of being, working toward qualification has contributed to my self-actualization process in the coalescence of my personal and professional experiences. First, I position myself as a psychologist practitioner who endeavors to be an applied ethicist in my practice, anchore…
Self-formulation in counselling psychology
This reflective report critically evaluates my developing professional identity as a counseling psychologist. Using the Power Threat Meaning Framework, I present a self-formulation to make sense of my experiences during the second stage of my training. To begin with, I consider how multiple forms of power were operating in the complex relationship between personal and professional spheres. As I appraise my professional development, I examine the …
The use of self in counseling psychology and Buber’s “turning”
Working Relationally with Adolescents Who Have Experienced Complex Interpersonal Trauma
The study explores practitioners' experiences of working with adolescents with complex interpersonal trauma. Five mental health professionals were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, audio-recorded and transcribed. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to identify themes related to the research question. Three superordinate themes emerged: "The distance-relationship dynamic"; "…
On Becoming a Counselling Psychologist
This reflective essay offers a personal account of my experience during my counselling psychology training. Research highlights that the person of the therapist contributes to clients’ improvement beyond the intervention, advocating the importance of personal development beyond a competency-based model. Consonantly, counselling psychology appreciates how practitioners bring their “self” to the therapeutic relationship, thus valuing their training…
Counseling psychology practice as the pursuit of the I–Thou relationship
Exploring migration as part of a same-sex relationship in Scotland
Migration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) individuals in a relationship is understudied. As motivation can influence the way migration is experienced, the commitment to a partner adds a further component to the equation. Three females were recruited via purposive sampling. Semi-structured interviews were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Three themes were identified: “Identity …
Social justice in counseling psychology practice
This article articulates how compassion can be integrated into counseling psychology practice to augment the commitment to social justice. Drawing on a humanistic–existential paradigm that asserts the primacy of ethics, a multilayered understanding of compassion is explored in its implication for practitioners. Second, as appreciation for suffering as an existential given, compassion expresses connectedness through the shared experience of othern…
Self-formulation in counselling psychology
This reflective report critically evaluates my developing professional identity as a counseling psychologist. Using the Power Threat Meaning Framework, I present a self-formulation to make sense of my experiences during the second stage of my training. To begin with, I consider how multiple forms of power were operating in the complex relationship between personal and professional spheres. As I appraise my professional development, I examine the …
On Becoming a Counselling Psychologist
This reflective essay offers a personal account of my experience during my counselling psychology training. Research highlights that the person of the therapist contributes to clients’ improvement beyond the intervention, advocating the importance of personal development beyond a competency-based model. Consonantly, counselling psychology appreciates how practitioners bring their “self” to the therapeutic relationship, thus valuing their training…
Exploring migration as part of a same-sex relationship in Scotland
Migration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) individuals in a relationship is understudied. As motivation can influence the way migration is experienced, the commitment to a partner adds a further component to the equation. Three females were recruited via purposive sampling. Semi-structured interviews were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Three themes were identified: “Identity …
Counseling psychology practice as the pursuit of the I–Thou relationship
The use of self in counseling psychology and Buber’s “turning”
Working Relationally with Adolescents Who Have Experienced Complex Interpersonal Trauma
The study explores practitioners' experiences of working with adolescents with complex interpersonal trauma. Five mental health professionals were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, audio-recorded and transcribed. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to identify themes related to the research question. Three superordinate themes emerged: "The distance-relationship dynamic"; "…
On Becoming a Counselling Psychologist
This reflective essay offers a personal account of my experience during my counselling psychology training. Research highlights that the person of the therapist contributes to clients’ improvement beyond the intervention, advocating the importance of personal development beyond a competency-based model. Consonantly, counselling psychology appreciates how practitioners bring their “self” to the therapeutic relationship, thus valuing their training…
Self-formulation in counselling psychology
This reflective report critically evaluates my developing professional identity as a counseling psychologist. Using the Power Threat Meaning Framework, I present a self-formulation to make sense of my experiences during the second stage of my training. To begin with, I consider how multiple forms of power were operating in the complex relationship between personal and professional spheres. As I appraise my professional development, I examine the …
Exploring the humanistic value base of counseling psychology
Compassion for Ethnically Diverse Individuals Who Reported Childhood Trauma
This research explores the experience and meaning of compassion for ethnically diverse individuals who reported having experienced childhood trauma. Seven self-identified women living in Scotland were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling. Multimodal data collection included drawings, semi-structured interviews, and attention to participants' felt-sense. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, three superordinate themes emerged: "…
The Ethics of Being a Counseling Psychologist
This reflective report evaluates my personal and professional development at the end of my counseling psychology training. As I understand counseling psychology practice as a way of being, working toward qualification has contributed to my self-actualization process in the coalescence of my personal and professional experiences. First, I position myself as a psychologist practitioner who endeavors to be an applied ethicist in my practice, anchore…
Humanistic and trauma-informed counseling psychology
Social justice in counseling psychology practice
This article articulates how compassion can be integrated into counseling psychology practice to augment the commitment to social justice. Drawing on a humanistic–existential paradigm that asserts the primacy of ethics, a multilayered understanding of compassion is explored in its implication for practitioners. Second, as appreciation for suffering as an existential given, compassion expresses connectedness through the shared experience of othern…
Psychology (11 works) · Psychotherapist (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (6 works) · Applied Psychology (5 works) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (4 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works)