This chapter examines the psychological and mental health consequences of migration on immigrants and refugees. The chapter details how the events which forced the migration, the flight itself, and the marginalization in the host country result in triple trauma. The chapter then provides strategies to support immigrant communities in their journey toward resiliency. Some key approaches in treatment and practice include considering individuals’ culture and values, in determining the most effective methods of therapy and intervention for trauma-impacted individuals.

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss issues of abuse, vulnerabilities, and intimate partner violence (IPV) for women with disabilities; the psychosocial disparities that these create; and the influence of intersectionality. Psychosocial disparities related to physical and mental health consequences; barriers to intervention and escape from IPV; and other positionalities of type of disability, race, sexual orientation, employment, rurality, and immigration status are presented. Evidence-based counseling approaches and the importance of cultural competence are also discussed. Resources and suggested additional readings are provided.

This chapter emphasizes the role social media and other technologies play in current societal cultures. It discusses the nature of social networking sites, their exponential growth, and different uses for diverse platforms. Further, this chapter also discusses new terminology, the benefits of a global digital community, and the concerns that go hand-in-hand with such integrations considering person-specific susceptibilities. The authors discuss current mental health concerns, life after the COVID-19 pandemic, and interventions and implications of social media specifically for vulnerable populations including women and underrepresented populations. Lastly, the roles of both clinicians and rehabilitation professionals in facilitating understanding and moderation with such growing technologies are also presented.

Career counseling falls under the large umbrella of mental health, yet news of mental health appears to be covered only as part of public outcry or displeasure when a tragedy or injustice occurs. Much less attention is given to everyday people dealing with daily life stressors, inadequate support, and improper coping skills. The relationship between career and mental health counseling is not new. To succeed in proper development, each individual should have access to proper career counseling. The field of career counseling is an ever-evolving area of the counseling profession with challenges that require constant adaptation and processing. In fact, counseling as a profession is rooted and originated from the career and vocational guidance movement. The counseling profession began when Frank Parsons began outlining a process for choosing a career, stating that choosing a career is more than simply deciding what one wants to do to earn a living.

“Gamer culture” has often been described by those who study it in simple terms, applying the descriptor “gamers” to those who play video games as a part of their leisure activities (Shaw, 2010). “Game[r] culture, in both press and academic discourses, is framed by descriptions of who plays, what they play, and how they play” (Shaw, 2010, p. 12). Within the study of Gamer Culture is the need to understand the “gamer” and “player” as interpersonal and social identities within their own unique and shifting context of the broader world (Grooten & Kowert, 2015; Paaßen et al., 2017; Shaw, 2010, 2012). In addition to gaming, other elements of popular culture can be highly influential in how we define our self-concept, sometimes persistently and other times fleetingly, but with no less influence over how an individual defines their cultural identity. As with gaming, fandoms and related subcultures require examination as a unique element of cultural identity (Peeples et al., 2018). Fandoms and related subcultures are self-selected groups based on “media property, such as a book, comic book, or television show” (Peeples et al., 2018, para. 1), which can highly influence self-concept and expression of cultural identity.