What have you learned from your homeless experience? A phenomenological approach for counseling unsheltered homeless men.
Field notes were obtained from 145 unsheltered homeless men regarding what they had learned from an experience of homelessness. Responses represented an aspect of each person's internal frame of reference. Statements about trust in self and an efficacy to survive were common themes. Findings were placed in a humanistic-existential model useful for counseling.
Sumerlin
J R
JR
Department of Health Studies, New York University, New York 10012-1172, USA.
D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling; D005431:Florida; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception; D012951:Socialization