Amidst the global health crisis of COVID-19, international students' safety and well-being is
threatened by community-and policy-level animus. In addition to adjusting to a foreign …

Faced with multiple interpersonal (eg, isolation), and systemic barriers (eg, biased national
policies) due to their intersectional racial and immigrant identities, international students of …

Providing the academic community with a robust and highly practical insight into the
importance of implementing relationship building into the learning environment and …

The purpose of this phenomenological inquiry is to describe the experiences of LGB IS
through the lens of relational-cultural theory. Eight LGB IS from the Southwest region of the …

Transiting to an unfamiliar academic culture poses several challenges for students. These
challenges are more profound for international students who leave their home country to …

Objective: Graduate students are more likely to experience mental illness than their peers in
the general population. One potential source of support for personal issues and/or mental …

International students in the United States (US) are at increased risk for mental health
challenges, but less likely than their US-born peers to seek professional mental health …

Developing a doctoral cohort has its challenges. Likewise, doctoral programs are
responsible for adapting programming to serve students experiencing challenges. To …

School counselors who incorporate Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) constructs initiate
building connections and meaningful change. Relationships anchored on RCT theory …

Relational Cultural theory (RCT) as a pedagogy in counselor education and supervision
(CES) uniquely positions educators and learners for growth through vulnerability and …