The authors of this report have reanalyzed earlier data to determine whether or not there was a relationship between perceived levels of therapist-offered conditions (e.g., favorableness of patient-therapist relationship) and therapeutic outcome. (Author)

Employers must take into consideration (1) that workers have an innate desire to learn and to grow on the job and (2) that college graduates take jobs previously held by those with less formal education, if they are to attract, motivate, and retain workers. (AG)

The future status of women is envisioned as more than labor market projections of wider employment opportunities. Responsibilities of human beings such as family formation, upbringing of children, the process of human growth and development, marriage and divorce are seen as components of the second revolution. (Author/AM)

This article describes employee assistance programs in business and industry which offer social work the opportunity to intervene in the world of work. They present a challenge to develop a social service network and a new field in which to deliver services. (Author)

This article describes three consciousness-raising groups for obese women which met to explore what it is like to be fat in a thin-oriented society, to enhance their self-esteem, and to help the women recognize that being fat is one of many choices a person may legitimately make for herself. (Author/EJT)

The author contends that helping early adolescents to become more effective in expressing themselves is an appropriate and necessary undertaking of the school counselor. (Author)

The author outlines the role of counseling in English schools having spent a year in England as a researcher and observer. (Author/HMV)

To study the influence of affect simulation and Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) techniques on client growth in personal counseling, an integrated affect-simulation/IPR treatment for college student clients was compared with a traditional treatment. Participants in the IPR/affect-simulation treatment did not score significantly higher or lower…

The author describes a Career Direction program designed to teach people how to identify their talents for themselves and how to link these talents to career fields that use them best. Talent identification by the individual coupled with career analysis is proposed as a lifelong guideline for making career decisions. (SJL)

Study investigates the relationship between assertiveness and patterns of drug use. Found exploratory use of marijuana and hashish was the norm among this sample of college students. Current users and those never using such drugs were less assertive than those who had experienced these drugs but no longer did so. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to share the author's group leader counseling experiences and to provide an outline of certain techniques, personal ideas, observations, and reactions that might provide assistance and direction for other counselors. (Author)

Development of student leaders has been identified as an important need on college campuses. Experience drawn from numerous training sessions for various student leadership situations has led to a leadership training model based upon five propositions for effective training. (Author)

Student services must be directed toward the overall needs of education. They must decline to be an isolated segment of the institution rendering services ancillary to the "academic" mission of the college and move toward collegewide involvement and commitment to fostering the personal-psychological growth and development of all people. (Author)

Describes why and how Florida State developed a new career planning course that helps students formulate realistic goals. The course is designed to initiate self-motivated individual study through structured exercises, video tapes, bibliographies and guest speakers. The instructors also provide for individual counseling and discussion. (Author/PC)

A paraprofessional and a professional team up to look at the best and the worst in current human service, and they challenge us to support the evolution of the "new professional." (Author)