Domene, José

Over the past 20 years, Dr. Domene's program of research has spanned a range of topics within the fields of psychotherapy and counselling psychology and has been conducted using various qualitative, quantitative, mixed, and program evaluation research methods. Currently, his priority for thesis supervision is to work with students in the counselling psychology graduate program with the following research interests:

Relational contexts of career development
Career counselling / guidance counselling practice
Professional development/supervision of school counsellors, psychotherapists and counselling psychologists

school PhD Supervision Status: Not Accepting New Students
As the Director of SFU Surrey Community Counselling, Dr. Domene typically only has the capacity to take zero to one incoming thesis student per year. Please email him in late summer/early autumn to confirm whether he will be accepting any new thesis students for the upcoming admissions cycle.

Research

Keywords

career counselling; career development; career guidance; counselling psychology

Supervisory Experience

Doctoral Supervision

Boothroyd, Sydney (PhD, 2026), Emerging Adult Perspectives on Mental Health in an Increasingly Digitally-Integrated Society.
Warner, Lindsay Sarah (PhD, 2026), Career Actions and Projects of International Students and their Partners.
Kitchenham, A.V. (PhD, 2025), Exploring Career Development with Young People Who Age Out of Out-of-Home Care in Canada: What Helps and Hinders in the Pursuit of Career Success?
Smith, Danielle J. (PhD, 2025), Inclusive Mental Health: A Case Study of Newcomer Families’ Experiences of School-Based Mental Health
Kintzel, F. (PhD, 2024), The changing sense of who I am and what I need: Female athletes’ evolving perspectives on re-negotiating identity and social support after sports-related concussions

Pasyk V.S. (PhD, 2023), Improving Forensic Clinical Practice: Leveraging Concepts from Counselling and Counselling Psychology
Campbell, A.K. (PhD, 2022), Maintaining the Couple within the Family: Exploring Relationship Actions and Projects during the Transition to Parenthood
Rowett, Jenny Lin (PhD, 2019), Transformative Learning through Etuaptmumk: Piluwitahasuwawsuwakon in Counsellor Education and Practice
Rostant, J. (PhD, 2015), School Counsellors’ Challenges, Coping Strategies, and Perceptions of Service Delivery.

Master's Supervision

Assi, A. (MSc, 2025), Navigating diversity recruitment across Canadian police forces
Charania, F. (MSc, 2025), Crossing Borders, Building Futures: The Psychology of Self-Efficacy and Support in Global Student Transitions.
Sameen, D. (MSc, 2024), Experiences of South Asian Canadian Mental Health Professionals: Insights from a Reflexive Thematic Analysis.
Como, R. (MSc, 2023), Teleworking Couples Cultivating Work-Life Wellness: An Action-Project Method Study.
Ibarra-Alexanderson, L.G. (MSc, 2023), Psychologists’ Practices in Supporting LGBTI Clients’ Self-Advocacy Skills.
Bonneville, D.A. (MSc, 2023), Tough Talks: An Action-Project Method Analysis of Parent-Child Conversations about Military Life.

Bonneville, D.A. (MSc, 2023), Tough Talks: An Action-Project Method Analysis of Parent-Child Conversations about Military Life.
Kennedy, D. (MSc, 2022), University Ethics Courses and Student Self-Capacities: A Quantitative Study
Warner, L.S. (MSc, 2022), Career-Relationship Intersections for Emerging Adult Women in STEM: An Action Project Method Exploration
Herzog, A. (MSc, 2022), Newcomer Women: Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Postsecondary Education in Canada
Khan, M. (MSc, 2022), “Hope For a Better Day”: An Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography on the Resettlement and School Integration of an Immigrant Muslim Family in Western Canada
Waldmann, K. (MSc, 2021), Influence of Social Support and Work Meaning on Mental Health in Adults Experiencing Mental Illness
Conway, J. (MSc, 2021), Self-Handicapping in the Chronic Pain Population: Influences on Return to Work and the Moderating Role of Social Support
Taha, W. (MSc, 2021), “Counselling Made Me a Better Muslim”: The Counselling Experiences of Muslim Clients in Western Canada
Colvin, S.A.G. (MSc, 2020), Key Outcomes and Ingredients of an Adolescent Day Treatment Program: Honouring Youths’ Lived Experience
Kitchenham, A. (MA, 2018), The Conceptualization of Career Development Success Among Young People who Aged-out of Out-of-Home Care in Canada
Napodi, C. (MA, 2018), Career Development Projects and Actions of Emerging Adults with Cystic Fibrosis and their Parents: A Qualitative Exploration.
Arsenault, Chelsea L. (MA, 2016), Promoting Mental Health: The Experiences of Youth in Residential Care.
Howatt, Jennie (MA, 2016), What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: An Investigation of Psychological Distress in University Students Following a Romantic Relationship Break-Up.
Adeniyi, Taye (MA, 2016), Job Stability and the Transition to Adulthood
Chaddock, Cynthia (MA, 2015), Exploring the Career-related Goals and Barriers of Teenage Mothers
Bartlett, J. (MA, 2013), Career Development Behind Bars: Exploring Criminally Involved Youths’ Aspirations for the Future
Dayal, H. (MA, 2013), From Shame to Shame Resilience: Narratives of Counselor Trainees with Eating Issues
Owre, K. (MA, 2013), “I.T.” or not “I.T.”: Influence of Counsellors’ Theoretical Orientations on Perceptions of Information and Communication Technology (I.T.) in Therapeutic Practice
McIsaac, Katherine M.R. (MA, 2012), Learning the Tricks of the Trades: Women’s Experiences
Berry, Stephanie J. (MA, 2011), Supporting Post-Secondary Students with Sensory or Mobility Impairments in Reaching their Career Aspirations
Pickett, N. (MA, 2010), Understanding Recovery in New Brunswick: Methadone-Maintained Clients’ Experiences in Quality of Life Changes and Counselling
Lee, T. (MA, 2009), “But I don’t want to be a doctor!”: Improving the Experience of Career-Related Parental Expectations for Second-Generation Korean-Canadian Students
Woitowicz, L. (MA, 2009), The Relationship Between Life Calling and Academic Motivation in Post-Secondary Students
Tse, C. (MA, 2009), Hidden Differences: White South Africans’ Immigration Experience
Cavanaugh, A. (MA, 2008), Factors that Influence Young Women’s Decisions to Pursue a Career in the Trades
McLelland, Serita. (MA, 2008), Factors to Consider in Prioritizing/Compromising Around Future Career Paths in Emerging Young Adult Couples
To, N. (MA, 2008), Influence of Emoticons on Message Interpretation in Computer-Mediated Communication
Siemens, Rachelle L. (MA, 2007), Couples’ Lived Experience of Unemployment due to Injury: Navigating the Road Together
Wouterloot, Elise A. (MA, 2007), Spirituality, Culture and Mother-Daughter Relationships in the Transition to Adulthood
Dutka, Todd W. (MA, 2007), Effects of Conflict Styles and Functioning in Romantic Relationships on Adult Career-Related Decision-Making
Stewart, Becky (MA, 2007), Attachment and Women’s Coping with Sexual Assault
French, Jared R. (MA, 2006), Life Calling & Vocation: An Exploratory Qualitative Analytical Examination Among University Students
Kauffman, Bradley J. (MA, 2006), Couples’ Career Negotiation During the School-to-Work Transition: An Action-Project Perspective

Upcoming Courses

Summer 2026

EDUC 873 G031 Career Counselling

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Last Updated: 07/08/26

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José Domene