Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2024
First Advisor
Megan Robb
Second Advisor
Dr. Jayashree George
Third Advisor
Shelly Goebl-Parker
Abstract
In a country of immigrants, the concept of acculturation needs to be familiar to almost any professional in the mental health field and it is a reality for immigrants and international students. As international and immigrant students continue to join the Art Therapy Counseling profession, it is important to understand how acculturation plays a role in the development of their counseling professional identity. Unlike most master’s students in the art therapy counseling profession, international and immigrant students go through unique experiences such as being born and raised in a different country with difference in cultures, languages, and immigration statuses that further confound their personal and professional development. This art-based heuristic phenomenological study aimed to understand the personal experience of a Latinx international student in the field of art therapy and counseling and how her journey through her personal and academic world has influenced her counseling professional identity.
Recommended Citation
Tobar Chavez, Ana Marcela, "The Role of Acculturation in the Professional Identity of Art Therapy and Counseling International Students" (2024). Art Therapy Counseling Final Research Projects. 16.
https://spark.siue.edu/atcfinal/16
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