[Counselor_Educ] FW: request for research participation

[Bhat, Christine]

From: Byrne, Steve [mailto:byrne at alfred.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 11:06 AM
Cc: Ost, Alisha R
Subject: FW: request for research participation

Hello colleagues,

My apologies for pestering you at this busy time of year.

In February, I sent an email (below) asking counseling program directors to forward a request for research participation to your students. A paragraph with the link to the survey is below.  I know that this might be the busiest time of the semester (it certainly is for us at Alfred), but if you could please re-send this invitation to your students, it would be incredibly helpful. In our survey of graduate students' utilization of counseling, we would like to make sure that all areas are fairly represented, so having participants from all over the country and from all tracks of counseling will give us a much clearer picture on how and why (or why not) our students are engaging in this particular form of self-care.

And while I can offer no tangible rewards for participation, please know that you and your students would have my heartfelt thanks, a copious amount of 'research karma,' and the satisfaction of having contributed to the growing body of literature on this subject.

If you have already sent the request to students, THANK YOU, and a reminder email to them would be fantastic.

Many thanks,
Steve Byrne
http://studentvoice.com/alfred/personalcounseling


From: Byrne, Steve
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 12:45 PM
Subject: request for research participation

Hello,

We are seeking the assistance of colleagues  who supervise graduate training programs in counseling. We know that this is a very busy time for all of you, but any assistance at all would be welcomed and appreciated. We have constructed an online survey investigating graduate students' attitudes and behaviors regarding their own personal counseling experiences and we are asking counselor educators to please forward this request on to their master's students.   Results are intended to inform training programs in counseling across the country. Survey completion should take about 15 minutes. Included below is a text sample to copy and paste into an email invitation for students seeking master's degrees in your program.  In addition, we seek informal feedback from program directors on the importance of personal counseling or psychotherapy for students.  Any or all comments are welcome.

Thank you,

Steve Byrne, Psy.D. and Alisha Ost, B.A.
Division of Counseling and School Psychology
Alfred University
607.871.2857
byrne at alfred.edu<mailto:byrne at alfred.edu>
http://www.facebook.com/AlfredCSP



Text:
Researchers from Alfred University are currently conducting an anonymous survey of graduate students in counseling across the country.   The survey explores attitudes and behaviors regarding personal counseling among graduate students. We  seek your honest feedback so that training programs in counseling can better address the needs of students preparing for counseling careers. In no way will your survey results be paired with any identifying information. The survey (the link is below) will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete and will be an important contribution to the field. We know that most of you are very busy at this time of year, but your time and effort are certainly appreciated.

Link: http://studentvoice.com/alfred/personalcounseling

Many thanks,
Steve Byrne, Psy.D. and Alisha Ost, B.A.
Alfred University
1 Saxon Dr., Alfred, NY 14802
byrne at alfred.edu<mailto:byrne at alfred.edu>, aro2 at alfred.edu<mailto:aro2 at alfred.edu>

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