Clinical and Counselling Psychology Review

Experiences of Young Clinical Psychologists Dealing with Clients having Different Sexual Orientations

Hafsa Faryad, Zain Haider, Sadia Akbar — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

An exciting and challenging avenue for young clinical psychologists is to work with clients having different sexual orientations. The existing literature lacks the experience-based reporting of such challenges. Hence, by exploring these challenges, the training programs can be better planned. Hence, the current qualitative study used the phenomenology approach to explore the challenges experienced by young clinical psychologists dealing with clients having different sexual orientations. A purposive sample of eight young clinical psychologists was selected for a semi-structured interview. The descriptive phenomenology analysis identified four themes: (1) “training barrier”; (2) “construct diversity issues”; (3) “cultural challenges”; and (4) “therapists’ biases”. The common challenge experienced by the participants was the training barrier regarding assessment and intervention for mental health concerns of the clients having different sexual orientations. The results highlight the importance of incorporating the perspective of young clinical psychologists to plan better training programs in order to make them competent mental health service providers.

Personality Traits and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) as Predictors of Self-Esteem in TikTok Users

Amna Ejaz, Rabika-tul-Ain — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The current study examined the correlations among personality traits, fear of missing out (FOMO), and self-esteem in TikTok users based on a correlational research design. Purposive sampling method was used to select the enrolled university students who actively used TikTok. The sample consisted of 161 students (n = 70 males; n = 91 females) aged between 18 to 26 years. Data collection included the General Factor Personality Questionnaire (GFPQ), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) Scale. The findings revealed a positive association between extraversion and the FOMO, whereas introversion was correlated with self-esteem but didn’t emerge as a significant predictor. Regression analysis indicated that FOMO was the only predictor of self-esteem significantly. Gender differences were observed in extraversion and FOMO, but no significant differences were found across self-esteem. The results of the study are discussed in terms of its implications and cultural relevance.

Provincial Differences in Counselling Psychology in Canada: An Empirical Analysis of British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario

Robinder P. Bedi — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Counselling psychologists are vital providers of community mental health services in Canada. This quantitative descriptive study provides a more refined understanding of counselling psychology in Canada by examining similarities and differences in its manifestation across three provinces in Canada: Alberta (AB), British Columbia (BC), and Ontario (ON), based on survey with 109 Canadian counselling psychologists. This study found eight moderate size differences. This information needs to be taken into consideration by provincial boards, provincial psychological associations, graduate training programs, counselling psychologists considering relocating, and especially by the potential consumers of counselling psychology services as both the services and service provider appears to differ in some ways across Canada.