Investigated variations in conceptual complexity level of counselor and client on counselor attraction to the client. Counselor trainees rated attractiveness of clients following two counseling analogue tasks in which the client was depicted as exhibiting high or low conceptual level. More complex clients are more attractive across both levels.…

Subjects received falsified psychological test results that were discrepant with their own reports on self-referring attitudes. Both female and male subjects changed their self-reports more when the interpreter was of their own sex. (Author)

Clients (N=24) and 16 therapists, including five client-therapist pairs, were interviewed on how issues of social sex-role stereotyping and sexual orientation arose and were dealt with in therapy. Results indicated that similarity of sexual orientation of client and therapist is related to positive psychotherapeutic outcomes. (Author)

A disciplinary hearing must be a growth-producing experience for the student. Student Affairs professionals can make it such. (Author)

An interview method is recommended for finding student or staff behaviors responsible for successful outcomes in potentially undersirable situations.

Multimodal therapy is the thorough assessment and (where indicated) the systematic correction of problems across the BASIC ID (Behavior, Affect, Sensation, Imagery, Cognition, Interpersonal Relationships, and Drugs). The result is a basic profile of a client's personality. (Author)

This paper reviews the concept of the involuntary client, defines the term, and attempts to identify just who is the involuntary client. Different forms or manifestations of reluctance are discussed as are some ways one might deal with involuntarism. (Author)

Three broad counseling strategies are described that will enable counselees to attain their counseling objectives. A procedure for implementing these strategies is stated and examples of its use are given. (Author)

Through his play a child extends himself into areas which he has difficulty entering verbally. If counselors are to communicate effectively with children, they must consider this important dimension and provide at least limited opportunity for the child to utilize play as a natural part of his effort to communicate. (Author)

Increased emphasis on cancer rehabilitation is stated. A discussion of the developing emphasis on quality of survival for the cancer patient as it is increasingly being demanded both by the cancer patient and the health care-delivery system is included. Traditional hindrances to effective rehabilitation of the cancer patient are discussed. (Author)

Adlerian life-style counseling provides insight into conscious thinking patterns used to cope with problems in living. This particular strategy in counseling offers the rehabilitation practitioner a clear framework for understanding a client. The Adlerian model can enhance the counseling process and increase the client's and counselor's…

This article comments on the paradoxical nature of the teaching of counseling theory. The article demonstrates that what is correct are people and not the image people have of themselves. What is correct are the counselor's feelings between his or her clients and him or her. (Author)

Physicians (N=9) serving internships in family medicine participated in a counselor education program, which consisted of ten weekly meetings. The purpose of the sessions was to provide some orientation to personality dynamics and counseling theory and application. Outcomes and implications are reported. (Author)

Homosexual behavior has received little attention from social workers. Starting with the premise that homosexuality is a legitimate variation of life-style, the author suggests a model for social work intervention with the homosexual. (Author)

There are at least three goals of intensive rape counseling: identifying and accepting feelings, reorienting perceptions, attributions, and self-statements, and resuming a normal lifestyle. Various counseling techniques can be employed to help rape victims restructure cognitions to reduce negative self-evaluations, physical distress, and loss of…