Nicholas Ladany
Biographic Data
| ID | 999994 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Ladany |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Ladany |
| SIGNATURE | LADANY N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lehigh University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 145 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Effective and Ineffective Supervision
Although supervision is recognized as a significant tenant of professional growth for counseling and psychotherapy students, the variability of the effectiveness, or ineffectiveness, of supervision has come under scrutiny in recent times. Our sample of 128 participants shed light on the most effective (e.g., encouraged autonomy, strengthened the supervisory relationship, and facilitated open discussion) and most ineffective (e.g., depreciated sup…
It’s Too Late to Apologize: Therapist Embarrassment and Shame
The purpose of this study was to identify events in which therapists felt embarrassment, shame, or both in a therapy session and to investigate the relationship of the embarrassing-shameful events with the therapist reactions. Ninety-three therapists participated in this study, and the most frequent events reported were having a scheduling mistake, forgetting or confusing client information, being visibly tired, falling asleep, and arriving late.…
School Counselors in International School: Critical Issues and Challenges
Helpful and Hindering Multicultural Events in Group Supervision: Climate and Multicultural Competence
This study examines the relationship between multicultural events in group supervision, group climate, and supervisee multicultural competence using a mixed qualitative/quantitative design. The discovery-oriented approach yielded 196 helpful and hindering multicultural events among 136 participants. The most common events included multicultural learning and peer vicarious learning. Supervisees suggested improving their group supervision through b…
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Counseling Women Competencies Scale (CWCS)
This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Counseling Women Competencies Scale (CWCS). The CWCS is designed to assess clinicians' self-perceived competencies with regard to therapeutic practice with diverse female clients. Through an extensive review of the literature on counseling women and expert review by 32 members of the Section for the Advancement of Women (Division 17, APA), content validity was supported. Ex…
Consensual qualitative research: An update.
The authors reviewed the application of consensual qualitative research (CQR) in 27 studies published since the method’s introduction to the field in 1997 by C. E. Hill, B. J. Thompson, and E. N. Williams (1997). After first describing the core components and the philosophical underpinnings of CQR, the authors examined how it has been applied in terms of the consensus process, biases, research teams, data collection, data analysis, and writing up…
Interpersonal Contact Experiences with Gay Men: A Qualitative Investigation of “Fag Hags” and Gay-Supportive Heterosexual Men
The purpose of this investigation was to understand how "fag hags" and gay-supportive heterosexual men (GSHM) describe the nature and quality of their interpersonal contact experiences with gay men. Eight archival interviews were analyzed using the methodologies outlined in Hill, Thompson, and Williams (1997); i.e., consensual qualitative research. The results yielded suggest that the nature of contact experiences relates to direct contact with g…
The factor structure underlying three self-report multicultural counseling competence scales
The factor structure underlying three self-report multicultural counseling competence scales
This study examined the extent to which 3 self-report multicultural scales were measuring the predominant 3-factor conceptualization of multicultural counseling competence as consisting of multicultural attitudes/beliefs, knowledge, and skills. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the 3-factor model was not fully supported. An exploratory factor analysis identified a 2-factor structure (i.e., self-perceived multicultural counse…
An Investigation of European American Therapists’ Approach to Counseling African American Clients
Interviews were conducted with 9 European American psychologists, asking them to recall their first 12 counseling sessions with a current or recent successful case with an African American client. Using consensual qualitative research (CQR) methodology, the psychologists revealed that they generally attended to differences in race between themselves and clients directly and openly within the first two sessions. This was done to acknowledge this d…
Supervisory Style: Its Relation to the Supervisory Working Alliance and Supervisor Self-Disclosure
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between supervisor perceptions of their supervisory style and elements of the supervision process, including the supervisory working alliance and supervisor self-disclosure. Data from 137 counselor supervisors demonstrated a significant positive relationship between attractive, interpersonally sensitive, and task-oriented supervisory styles and the (a) goals, tasks, and bond components of …
Counselor Experience Related to Complexity of Case Conceptualization and Supervision Preference
The authors investigated the relationship among trainees' counseling experience, familiarity with specific client symptomatology, case conceptualization integrative complexity (i.e., the ability to differentiate and integrate knowledge related to specific client symptomatology), and preference for supervisor style. Data from 100 beginning practicum to intern-level counselor trainees revealed that general trainee experience and familiarity with sp…
Self-report multicultural counseling competence scales: Their relation to social desirability attitudes and multicultural case conceptualization ability.
This study examined the relationship between 4 self-report multicultural counseling competence measures and a general index of social desirability. The authors also investigated the association between these 4 multicultural scales and multicultural case conceptualization ability. Results revealed significant positive relationships between 3 of the 4 multicultural counseling competence inventories and a measure of social desirability attitudes. Ad…
Psychotherapy Supervisor Ethical Practices: Adherence to Guidelines, the Supervisory Working Alliance, and Supervisee Satisfaction
The overall purpose of this article is to present a review of the literature that identifies the salient ethical guidelines related to the practice of supervision and to discuss the results of a study that examined supervisor ethical practices. In terms of our investigation, we examined supervisee perceptions of their supervisors’ adherence to ethical guidelines, supervisee reactions to ethical violations, and the relationships among supervisor e…
The Content and Frequency of Supervisor Self-Disclosures and Their Relationship to Supervisor Style and the Supervisory Working Alliance
This study of 105 trainees revealed that supervisors most frequently self-disclosed personal issues, neutral counseling experiences, and counseling struggles. Supervisor self-disclosures were related to supervisor style and the supervisory relationship
The Nature of Counselor Supervisor Nondisclosure
This study examined the types of information counselor supervisors do not disclose to their trainees. Results from a national sample of 90 supervisors indicated that their nondisclosures fell into 12 categories, and that there were 9 reasons associated with these 12 types of nondisclosures
The Influence of Supervisory Racial Identity Interaction and Racial Matching on the Supervisory Working Alliance and Supervisee Multicultural Competence
Data from 105 counselor trainees indicated that supervisee-supervisor racial identity interactions were related to the supervisory alliance, and racial identity interactions and racial matching influenced supervisees' development of multicultural competence
Nature, extent, and importance of what psychotherapy trainees do not disclose to their supervisors.
Nondisclosures in supervision were studied for 108 supervisees. Supervisees reported an average of 8.06 nondisclosures ranging in importance level. Negative reactions to the supervisor were the most frequent type of nondisclosure. The most frequent reasons for nondisclosures were perceived unimportance, that the nondisclosure was too personal, negative feelings, and a poor alliance. The manner of nondisclosure was usually passive. Most nondisclos…
Students' Perceptions of Multicultural Training in Counseling Psychology Programs
The Multicultural Competency Checklist (Ponterotto, Alexander, & Grieger, 1995) was used to assess counseling psychology students' perceptions of multicultural training in their programs. Results revealed that most students perceived their programs to (a) have a required multicultural counseling course, (b) employ diverse teaching strategies and procedures, (c) use varied methods of evaluating performance, and (d) have faculty members whose prima…
The Relationship Between the Supervisory Working Alliance and Trainees' Experience of Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity
In a study based on a sample of 123 counselor trainees in the United States, results indicated that a stronger supervisory working alliance was predictive of less trainee role conflict and ambiguity in supervision
The Influence of Supervisory Racial Identity Interaction and Racial Matching on the Supervisory Working Alliance and Supervisee Multicultural Competence
Data from 105 counselor trainees indicated that supervisee-supervisor racial identity interactions were related to the supervisory alliance, and racial identity interactions and racial matching influenced supervisees' development of multicultural competence
Effective and Ineffective Supervision
Although supervision is recognized as a significant tenant of professional growth for counseling and psychotherapy students, the variability of the effectiveness, or ineffectiveness, of supervision has come under scrutiny in recent times. Our sample of 128 participants shed light on the most effective (e.g., encouraged autonomy, strengthened the supervisory relationship, and facilitated open discussion) and most ineffective (e.g., depreciated sup…
Psychotherapy Supervisor Ethical Practices: Adherence to Guidelines, the Supervisory Working Alliance, and Supervisee Satisfaction
The overall purpose of this article is to present a review of the literature that identifies the salient ethical guidelines related to the practice of supervision and to discuss the results of a study that examined supervisor ethical practices. In terms of our investigation, we examined supervisee perceptions of their supervisors’ adherence to ethical guidelines, supervisee reactions to ethical violations, and the relationships among supervisor e…
Students' Perceptions of Multicultural Training in Counseling Psychology Programs
The Multicultural Competency Checklist (Ponterotto, Alexander, & Grieger, 1995) was used to assess counseling psychology students' perceptions of multicultural training in their programs. Results revealed that most students perceived their programs to (a) have a required multicultural counseling course, (b) employ diverse teaching strategies and procedures, (c) use varied methods of evaluating performance, and (d) have faculty members whose prima…
An Investigation of European American Therapists’ Approach to Counseling African American Clients
Interviews were conducted with 9 European American psychologists, asking them to recall their first 12 counseling sessions with a current or recent successful case with an African American client. Using consensual qualitative research (CQR) methodology, the psychologists revealed that they generally attended to differences in race between themselves and clients directly and openly within the first two sessions. This was done to acknowledge this d…
The Relationship Between the Supervisory Working Alliance and Trainees' Experience of Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity
In a study based on a sample of 123 counselor trainees in the United States, results indicated that a stronger supervisory working alliance was predictive of less trainee role conflict and ambiguity in supervision
Helpful and Hindering Multicultural Events in Group Supervision: Climate and Multicultural Competence
This study examines the relationship between multicultural events in group supervision, group climate, and supervisee multicultural competence using a mixed qualitative/quantitative design. The discovery-oriented approach yielded 196 helpful and hindering multicultural events among 136 participants. The most common events included multicultural learning and peer vicarious learning. Supervisees suggested improving their group supervision through b…
Interpersonal Contact Experiences with Gay Men: A Qualitative Investigation of “Fag Hags” and Gay-Supportive Heterosexual Men
The purpose of this investigation was to understand how "fag hags" and gay-supportive heterosexual men (GSHM) describe the nature and quality of their interpersonal contact experiences with gay men. Eight archival interviews were analyzed using the methodologies outlined in Hill, Thompson, and Williams (1997); i.e., consensual qualitative research. The results yielded suggest that the nature of contact experiences relates to direct contact with g…
The factor structure underlying three self-report multicultural counseling competence scales
This study examined the extent to which 3 self-report multicultural scales were measuring the predominant 3-factor conceptualization of multicultural counseling competence as consisting of multicultural attitudes/beliefs, knowledge, and skills. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the 3-factor model was not fully supported. An exploratory factor analysis identified a 2-factor structure (i.e., self-perceived multicultural counse…
Counselor Experience Related to Complexity of Case Conceptualization and Supervision Preference
The authors investigated the relationship among trainees' counseling experience, familiarity with specific client symptomatology, case conceptualization integrative complexity (i.e., the ability to differentiate and integrate knowledge related to specific client symptomatology), and preference for supervisor style. Data from 100 beginning practicum to intern-level counselor trainees revealed that general trainee experience and familiarity with sp…
The Content and Frequency of Supervisor Self-Disclosures and Their Relationship to Supervisor Style and the Supervisory Working Alliance
This study of 105 trainees revealed that supervisors most frequently self-disclosed personal issues, neutral counseling experiences, and counseling struggles. Supervisor self-disclosures were related to supervisor style and the supervisory relationship
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Counseling Women Competencies Scale (CWCS)
This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Counseling Women Competencies Scale (CWCS). The CWCS is designed to assess clinicians' self-perceived competencies with regard to therapeutic practice with diverse female clients. Through an extensive review of the literature on counseling women and expert review by 32 members of the Section for the Advancement of Women (Division 17, APA), content validity was supported. Ex…
The Nature of Counselor Supervisor Nondisclosure
This study examined the types of information counselor supervisors do not disclose to their trainees. Results from a national sample of 90 supervisors indicated that their nondisclosures fell into 12 categories, and that there were 9 reasons associated with these 12 types of nondisclosures
It’s Too Late to Apologize: Therapist Embarrassment and Shame
The purpose of this study was to identify events in which therapists felt embarrassment, shame, or both in a therapy session and to investigate the relationship of the embarrassing-shameful events with the therapist reactions. Ninety-three therapists participated in this study, and the most frequent events reported were having a scheduling mistake, forgetting or confusing client information, being visibly tired, falling asleep, and arriving late.…
Supervisory Style: Its Relation to the Supervisory Working Alliance and Supervisor Self-Disclosure
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between supervisor perceptions of their supervisory style and elements of the supervision process, including the supervisory working alliance and supervisor self-disclosure. Data from 137 counselor supervisors demonstrated a significant positive relationship between attractive, interpersonally sensitive, and task-oriented supervisory styles and the (a) goals, tasks, and bond components of …
The Relationship Between the Supervisory Working Alliance and Trainees' Experience of Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity
In a study based on a sample of 123 counselor trainees in the United States, results indicated that a stronger supervisory working alliance was predictive of less trainee role conflict and ambiguity in supervision
Nature, extent, and importance of what psychotherapy trainees do not disclose to their supervisors.
Nondisclosures in supervision were studied for 108 supervisees. Supervisees reported an average of 8.06 nondisclosures ranging in importance level. Negative reactions to the supervisor were the most frequent type of nondisclosure. The most frequent reasons for nondisclosures were perceived unimportance, that the nondisclosure was too personal, negative feelings, and a poor alliance. The manner of nondisclosure was usually passive. Most nondisclos…
Students' Perceptions of Multicultural Training in Counseling Psychology Programs
The Multicultural Competency Checklist (Ponterotto, Alexander, & Grieger, 1995) was used to assess counseling psychology students' perceptions of multicultural training in their programs. Results revealed that most students perceived their programs to (a) have a required multicultural counseling course, (b) employ diverse teaching strategies and procedures, (c) use varied methods of evaluating performance, and (d) have faculty members whose prima…
The Influence of Supervisory Racial Identity Interaction and Racial Matching on the Supervisory Working Alliance and Supervisee Multicultural Competence
Data from 105 counselor trainees indicated that supervisee-supervisor racial identity interactions were related to the supervisory alliance, and racial identity interactions and racial matching influenced supervisees' development of multicultural competence
Psychotherapy Supervisor Ethical Practices: Adherence to Guidelines, the Supervisory Working Alliance, and Supervisee Satisfaction
The overall purpose of this article is to present a review of the literature that identifies the salient ethical guidelines related to the practice of supervision and to discuss the results of a study that examined supervisor ethical practices. In terms of our investigation, we examined supervisee perceptions of their supervisors’ adherence to ethical guidelines, supervisee reactions to ethical violations, and the relationships among supervisor e…
The Content and Frequency of Supervisor Self-Disclosures and Their Relationship to Supervisor Style and the Supervisory Working Alliance
This study of 105 trainees revealed that supervisors most frequently self-disclosed personal issues, neutral counseling experiences, and counseling struggles. Supervisor self-disclosures were related to supervisor style and the supervisory relationship
The Nature of Counselor Supervisor Nondisclosure
This study examined the types of information counselor supervisors do not disclose to their trainees. Results from a national sample of 90 supervisors indicated that their nondisclosures fell into 12 categories, and that there were 9 reasons associated with these 12 types of nondisclosures
Self-report multicultural counseling competence scales: Their relation to social desirability attitudes and multicultural case conceptualization ability.
This study examined the relationship between 4 self-report multicultural counseling competence measures and a general index of social desirability. The authors also investigated the association between these 4 multicultural scales and multicultural case conceptualization ability. Results revealed significant positive relationships between 3 of the 4 multicultural counseling competence inventories and a measure of social desirability attitudes. Ad…
Supervisory Style: Its Relation to the Supervisory Working Alliance and Supervisor Self-Disclosure
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between supervisor perceptions of their supervisory style and elements of the supervision process, including the supervisory working alliance and supervisor self-disclosure. Data from 137 counselor supervisors demonstrated a significant positive relationship between attractive, interpersonally sensitive, and task-oriented supervisory styles and the (a) goals, tasks, and bond components of …
Counselor Experience Related to Complexity of Case Conceptualization and Supervision Preference
The authors investigated the relationship among trainees' counseling experience, familiarity with specific client symptomatology, case conceptualization integrative complexity (i.e., the ability to differentiate and integrate knowledge related to specific client symptomatology), and preference for supervisor style. Data from 100 beginning practicum to intern-level counselor trainees revealed that general trainee experience and familiarity with sp…
The factor structure underlying three self-report multicultural counseling competence scales
The factor structure underlying three self-report multicultural counseling competence scales
This study examined the extent to which 3 self-report multicultural scales were measuring the predominant 3-factor conceptualization of multicultural counseling competence as consisting of multicultural attitudes/beliefs, knowledge, and skills. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the 3-factor model was not fully supported. An exploratory factor analysis identified a 2-factor structure (i.e., self-perceived multicultural counse…
An Investigation of European American Therapists’ Approach to Counseling African American Clients
Interviews were conducted with 9 European American psychologists, asking them to recall their first 12 counseling sessions with a current or recent successful case with an African American client. Using consensual qualitative research (CQR) methodology, the psychologists revealed that they generally attended to differences in race between themselves and clients directly and openly within the first two sessions. This was done to acknowledge this d…
Consensual qualitative research: An update.
The authors reviewed the application of consensual qualitative research (CQR) in 27 studies published since the method’s introduction to the field in 1997 by C. E. Hill, B. J. Thompson, and E. N. Williams (1997). After first describing the core components and the philosophical underpinnings of CQR, the authors examined how it has been applied in terms of the consensus process, biases, research teams, data collection, data analysis, and writing up…
Interpersonal Contact Experiences with Gay Men: A Qualitative Investigation of “Fag Hags” and Gay-Supportive Heterosexual Men
The purpose of this investigation was to understand how "fag hags" and gay-supportive heterosexual men (GSHM) describe the nature and quality of their interpersonal contact experiences with gay men. Eight archival interviews were analyzed using the methodologies outlined in Hill, Thompson, and Williams (1997); i.e., consensual qualitative research. The results yielded suggest that the nature of contact experiences relates to direct contact with g…
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Counseling Women Competencies Scale (CWCS)
This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Counseling Women Competencies Scale (CWCS). The CWCS is designed to assess clinicians' self-perceived competencies with regard to therapeutic practice with diverse female clients. Through an extensive review of the literature on counseling women and expert review by 32 members of the Section for the Advancement of Women (Division 17, APA), content validity was supported. Ex…
School Counselors in International School: Critical Issues and Challenges
Helpful and Hindering Multicultural Events in Group Supervision: Climate and Multicultural Competence
This study examines the relationship between multicultural events in group supervision, group climate, and supervisee multicultural competence using a mixed qualitative/quantitative design. The discovery-oriented approach yielded 196 helpful and hindering multicultural events among 136 participants. The most common events included multicultural learning and peer vicarious learning. Supervisees suggested improving their group supervision through b…
It’s Too Late to Apologize: Therapist Embarrassment and Shame
The purpose of this study was to identify events in which therapists felt embarrassment, shame, or both in a therapy session and to investigate the relationship of the embarrassing-shameful events with the therapist reactions. Ninety-three therapists participated in this study, and the most frequent events reported were having a scheduling mistake, forgetting or confusing client information, being visibly tired, falling asleep, and arriving late.…
Effective and Ineffective Supervision
Although supervision is recognized as a significant tenant of professional growth for counseling and psychotherapy students, the variability of the effectiveness, or ineffectiveness, of supervision has come under scrutiny in recent times. Our sample of 128 participants shed light on the most effective (e.g., encouraged autonomy, strengthened the supervisory relationship, and facilitated open discussion) and most ineffective (e.g., depreciated sup…
Psychology (20 works) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (18 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (14 works) · Applied Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Medical education (7 works) · Multiculturalism (7 works) · Psychotherapist (7 works)