More Than a Vacation: Exploring the Impact of Reentry for International Sojourners
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-3-2015
Publication Title
Journal of Mental Health Counseling
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.36.4.q485244385814n73
ISSN
1040-2861
Abstract
As our population becomes increasingly internationalized in today's global society, a need emerges for awareness, research, and support for the mental health needs of clients who have returned from sojourns abroad. This article describes how mental health counselors can become more aware of the reentry experience. It also explores such factors as expectations, transition, advocacy, and grief and loss. It diminishes the perception of sojourning as simply a vacation and discusses adjustments clients often have to make upon returning home. The article offers recommendations for working with clients who are finding reentry difficult, explores implications for the mental health counseling profession, and offers ideas for future research.
Recommended Citation
Kostohryz, Katie, Pamela Wells, Cristen C. Wathen, David Wilson.
2015.
"More Than a Vacation: Exploring the Impact of Reentry for International Sojourners."
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 36 (4): 315-327: American Mental Health Counselors Association.
doi: https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.36.4.q485244385814n73 source: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jmhc/article-abstract/36/4/315/83437/More-Than-a-Vacation-Exploring-the-Impact-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/leadership-facpubs/135
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