Social change at the local level: A psychobiography of Khali Sweeney from Detroit's downtown boxing gym.

Objective: This psychobiography analyzes the life of Khali Sweeney from Detroit's Downtown Boxing Gym to understand his motivation for and methods as a social change agent. In doing so, the project also considers how to prepare the next generation of youth development leaders as social change agents.

Method: We conducted a nine-step psychobiography based on recommendations from established psychobiographical methods.

Therapist and counseling center effects on international students' counseling outcome: A mixed methods study.

We employed a convergent mixed methods design to examine therapist and counseling center effects on international student clients' (ISCs) counseling outcomes. Using the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) data set (2015-2017), we conducted a three-level hierarchical linear model with clients ( = 85,110) nested in therapists (N = 1,267), and therapists nested in counseling centers ( = 111), with clients' international status predicting distress (DI) in their last sessions while controlling for initial DI. Compared to domestic students, the average last session DI was significantly higher among ISCs.

Therapists' cultural comfort and clients' distress: An initial exploration.

The extent to which therapists are comfortable discussing clients' cultural identities in psychotherapy has been considered a valuable component of how therapists integrate clients' cultures into treatment. Cultural comfort specifically reflects a therapist's way of being at ease, relaxed, and open when discussing clients' cultural identities in treatment. Some initial research has demonstrated the relationships between cultural comfort and clinical outcomes, yet this work has relied largely on cross-sectional designs.