The impact, threat, power, and taboo that death and dying hold for the contemporary American can be diffused if the family and the individual take charge by putting death in the context of their living. Families live their dying through their natural rhythms of attachment and separation, affiliation and individuation. (Author)

Blacks are urged to change their attitudes and the attitudes of those who work with them to move from a pattern which sees people as clients or patients to one which views them as constituents who can and should have something to say about what happens to them. (Author)

We must eliminate contradictions between what is verbalized and what is acted out in the name of helping'' individuals. The resolution of our cultural crisis will depend upon the creative forces existent for bringing about new direction and new commitment. The counselor is in a position to become a charismatic leader within his realm of…

Describes in six articles the status of the present family, and examines various aspects of family counseling including: dynamics of various family problems; ecological and strategic psychotherapy; impact of organizational systems on families; parental role in moral education; development of surrogate family systems; and counselor values. (RC)