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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Please consider participating in this doctoral dissertation study being conducted by Ohio University doctoral student Kathleen Kutsko.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">March 25, 2018</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">Personality Type (MBTI®) and Empathy in Counseling Students</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">Dear Graduate Student: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">This email is from Kathleen Kutsko, doctoral candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision at Ohio University. I am seeking your help in completing a study on counseling students, which will fulfill the partial requirements
for my Ph.D. The primary purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between personality type and empathy to understand if personality type can predict empathy. Personality Type will be measured using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® (MBTI®).
Empathy will be measured using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). </span>
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<p><span style="color:black">I am inviting all Masters and Doctoral level students in CACREP accredited counseling programs to participate. Individually, you may benefit by understanding yourself better, thereby increasing your self-awareness as an individual
and as a professional counselor. This research will assist counselor educators in providing more type targeted teaching strategies to enhance counseling student empathy. The empathetic counselor is more likely to create successful therapeutic relationships
with their clients, with the result of better counseling outcomes for the client. There are no known risks to participants in this study.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">To participate in this study, you must be at least 18 years old and enrolled in a CACREP accredited Counselor Education and Supervision program. This online assessment process will take approximately 30 - 40 minutes or less. You
can withdraw at any time during and after data collection.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">All information is confidential and questionnaires will be coded to protect anonymity and</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">confidentiality. If there are any questions or concerns about this study please contact</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Kathleen Kutsko at </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:kk345990@ohio.edu" id="LPlnk555925"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">kk345990@ohio.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black">
or my advisor Dr. Yegan Pillay at <a href="mailto:pillay@ohio.edu" id="LPlnk232081">
<span style="color:#0563C1">pillay@ohio.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Click here to begin the survey</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">:</span><span style="color:black">
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3I5WJUmuHhSJvvf" target="_blank" id="LPlnk409246"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3I5WJUmuHhSJvvf</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kathleen Kutsko, M.Ed, LPC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Doctoral Candidate- Counselor Education and Supervision<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Counseling and Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Patton College of Education,Ohio University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Athens, Ohio, 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">email:
<a href="mailto:kk345990@ohio.edu">kk345990@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">MBTI Certified Practitioner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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