The author describes his "Target Approach" to counseling depressed and/or suicidal patients. By tailoring a technique to selected characteristics ("targets") of the depression as well as to the personality of the patient, more effective counseling is achieved. This target approach involves 3 steps: (1) breaking the problem of…

Male students' (N=50) perceptions of counselors, counseling psychologists, and guidance counselors were compared by means of a semantic differential instrument. Counseling psychologists were perceived as being likely sources of help for emotional, family, interpersonal, and sexual problems. Counselors were perceived as more likely sources of help…

This study was designed to assess college students' preferences for peer and professional counselors. It was hypothesized that these preferences are a function of the nature of the clients' problem. Findings support the hypothesis though they must be accepted with caution since the sample was psychology students in one school. (Author/EJT)

Client ratings of the abilities of 33 school counselors to communicate the core facilitative conditions of empathy, regard, congruence, and trust are compared to the counselors' scores on a measure of self-actualization. Results support the contention that there exists a strong relationship between self-actualization and counselor effectiveness as…

This article addressed to parents indetifies various causes of stress in young children, and delineates methods which can be used to help children cope with stress. (CM)

Parents have always been the primary teachers of their children. Counselors, as consultants, can help parents organize for the best interests of their children and obtain the support they need from school personnel. (Author)

Possible discrepancies between client and counselor assessment of clients' problems were examined. Attribution theory suggests that counselors perceive clients' problems to lie with the clients as persons, whereas clients perceive their problems to be a result of situational pressures. Both groups perceived client problems as relatively personal.…

The training therapy principle was examined by pre- and postcomparisons of volunteers and nonvolunteers in a peer-administered training program in helping skills. After training, the volunteers reported significant decreases in five largely interpersonal, problem areas and significantly higher levels of empathy. Nonvolunteers showed almost no…

This article describes the treatment relationship between an alcoholic student and his university counselor. The student overcame his drinking problem, the counselor changed his sterotyped view of alcoholics. (Author/BP)

The author expands on the multimodal framework by using the HELPING acronym to describe the same seven modes of the BASIC ID. (Author)

This article explains the usefulness of humor as a rapport-building technique and emphasizes its value in counseling the student who is an involuntary referral. (Author)

This article describes part of the process of using different experiential and therapeutic settings for patients. The authors review how they have used the Erhard Seminar Training (EST) program to compliment a family-focussed treatment program and destigmatize a patient. (Author)

The Maryland Division of Correction has implemented an innovative program that permits correctional officers to combine counseling case-management functions with their custory functions. Basically, the program relies on the quality of individual programming that results from the close personal, working relationship developed between officer and…

Discusses a unique model (calculated job speculation) for career guidance for Black clients. The authors support the point of view that the racist nature of society severly limits the appropriateness of current vocational theories and concepts in working with Blacks. (Author)

This article presents a discussion of the counseling process as it relates to the cancer client. Particular attention is given to total rehabilitation process, the interrelationship between personal-adjustment counseling and readjustment to roles. (Author)