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Mamarchev, Helen L.; Jensen, Marian P. – 1977
This monograph presents a selective review of references about assertiveness training. The principles of assertiveness training are detailed with examples throughout. Applications for the use of assertiveness training in three areas are discussed: (1) as a self-help strategy, (2) as a tool for the counselor's use with clients, and (3) as tactics…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Assertiveness, Counseling, Group Guidance
Brown, Steven D. – 1976
The purpose of this manual is to provide clients of community mental health facilities with techniques and skills to bring about changes in their own behavior and that of others in their environment. The manual has been used for two years as a textbook for a program of self-control skills training offered in San Mateo County, California, community…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Services, Guides, Individual Development
Ellis, Albert – 1977
Unsupervised do-it-yourself therapy constitutes an exceptionally important issue that calls for more empirical and scientific investigation of the validity of publications in this field. Rational-emotive therapy (RET), one of the most popular forms of self-help treatment, has led to several generalizations. (1) Cognitive and cognitive-behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Cognitive Objectives, Individual Psychology
O'Connor, Nancy – 1994
The thesis of this self-help book is that four personality aspects (physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual) must be balanced if individuals are to become adults. Because each person is an individual personality that is out of balance in some way, growth is a life-long process. The initial 2 chapters, Growth And Growing Up, define what it…
Descriptors: Adults, Emotional Development, Individual Characteristics, Individual Counseling
Strupp, Hans H. – 1977
While formal definitions of "psychotherapy' have been notoriously elusive, there appears to be general agreement that it involves a professional relationship between a person seeking help for an emotional or behavior problem and a professional who is recognized by society as possessing a certain expertise. An important concomitant of this…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Educational Responsibility, Emotional Adjustment, Improvement Programs
Daniels, Craig E. – 1981
This document addresses the problem faced by stress management programs in their attempts to increase self-awareness of stress response patterns and sources of stress. Drawbacks to the techniques of daily diaries and stress logs are noted and the use of computer-analyzed stress episode cards as a self-awareness feedback technique is explained. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Coping, Feedback