Discusses the Morris and Suckerman report on experimental studies testing the Rogerian hypothesis that phobic desensitization occurs as a function of therapist warmth versus the behavioral explanation that desensitization is a function of reciprocal inhibition. Morris and Suckerman respond to the critique. (Author/EJT)

This study represents a systematic method of arriving at the cognitive and experiential training needs of the group counselor. Proposed behavioral objectives were rated and added to by experts in group counseling through a method of successive questionnaires--a modified Delphi technique. (Author)

Presents research relevant to developing an instrument to assess helping dispositions. Most robust scales appeared to be the motivation to help scales and the helping in group situations scale. (Author/DEP)

This article is available as a reprint from the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. (JM)

This pamphlet on supervision and consultation is the seventh of 16 in a series to provide leaders in adult activities with sound introductory material to give practical help in using a method of adult education or working in a particular area. Its objective is to help leaders learn how to perform activities of both the supervisor and consultant.…

While there is no question that families respond to the needs of older relatives, there is wide variation in the behavior and experience of caregiving relatives. Two factors that may account for some of this variation are the bonds of affection and reciprocity, both of which have developed over the previous relationship between the older relative…

Little empirically-based research has been conducted on the effects of widowhood on males. The lifestyles of 26 elderly men widowed in 1978 were examined, with special emphasis on their living arrangements, heterosexual relationships, and attitudes toward remarriage. In-depth interviews conducted after the men had been widowed an average of two…

Compact counseling, an approach to short-term counseling, is presented as an effective, efficient, and structured tool for new or busy counselors. A model for using this type of approach is described in terms of (1) basic assumptions, (2) theoretical underpinnings of relationship and structure, (3) activities conducted in each of three sessions,…

The support of friends and religious groups is a critical factor in the ability of parents to adjust to the death of a child. Two groups (N=19 each) of bereaved parents completed a questionnaire to assess their grief reactions. The results found that parents took an average of 11 months to return to an approximate level of personal happiness…

This two-part learning module was designed to assist student personnel administrators in developing and implementing a training program for student peer counselors. Introductory material presents a rationale for such training programs, examining the usefulness of peer counselors in meeting the informational needs of students at minimal cost and…

A description of the Youth Services Demonstration Project currently being conducted at Alcoholism Services of Cleveland is presented. The family systems approach model used by the project incorporates the following procedures into a multiphase program: (1) assessment and contracting sessions; (2) selection of one of three possible treatment…

Crisis intervention is a now accepted form of brief therapy that has become the treatment of choice for many individuals seeking to cope more effectively with life stresses. Recently, there has been an evolution of several disparate styles of crisis intervention in the direction of one convergent model. The screening/assessment style that…

The training program is one of the most important and least standardized programatic units. It is important to keep in mind that various volunteers cannot be mass produced into professional social workers, psychologists or counselors by six-, eight- or 10-week courses. It is essential that the trainer integrate the key concepts presented and…

Twenty first-year medical students were randomly assigned to one of four short-term empathy training groups (discussion, modeling, experiential-simulation and control). Empathy skills were assessed immediately after and four weeks after training sessions. Although results were not statistically significant, the trends were in the predicted…

This paper describes the results of some same-college-age peer tutoring experiments. It is based on a theoretical model that calls for greater satisfaction and performance to result from being assigned the role of tutor than of tutee, and under equitable (status-congruent) rather than inequitable conditions. Same-sex tutoring pairs were formed of…