The affect of congruent Holland personality environments between clients seeking career counseling and the counselors was investigated. Students (N=144) with undeclared majors selected between three career counselors, scripted to represent one Holland personality type. Results indicate a predominant selection of the Holland Social-type counselor…

An adaptation of a school-based preventive mental health program is described and evaluated. Teachers and college student volunteers used behavioral reinforcement techniques to work with groups of maladapting second graders. Experimental subjects compared to controls improved significantly in classroom adjustment. (Author)

The process of Christian counseling begins where the client is, and the counselor guides the process by a vision of where the client should be, given the counselor's values and the client's needs. The counselor uses techniques and methods he or she deems necessary and appropriate at any given time. (Author)

The basis for vocational counseling is the Saskatchewan Strong Aptitude Career Guide (SSACG). This guidance tool is "custom made" in the sense that its component parts reflect the needs expressed by counsellors in the field and it is undergoing continual revision and updating. (Author)

Haitians have been found to respond well to client-centered group counseling and to be able to use that structure to deal with personal, social, and vocational difficulties. Counseling with Haitians can be particularly gratifying because of their motivation for self-help and their willingness to become involved in counseling. (Author)

There is a need to systematically look at racial and ethnic differences as related to the counselor's own approach and values and the various schools of counseling. One way to do this is to analyze the actual counseling process and the goals the counselor holds as important for the client. (Author)

This article describes a three-phase program used by a counseling department to improve services, provide professional growth, and thereby relieve job anxiety. (HLM)

Death education can help people learn about death, cope with it, and function resourcefully. A well-designed and carefully considered death education program must be made available to all students. It would be a tragic lost opportunity for our educational system if the schools refused to accept the challenge of death education. (Author)

The author warns the reader to be aware of pitfalls in assertive training such as poorly trained facilitators, poor screening procedures for group members, the potential dangers of being assertive, bad training techniques, and psychonoxious leaders. (Author/HLM)

Behavioral counseling and consulting may be less value laden than other orientations to changing behavior. It appears the principles of behavior modification are not as directly derived from a particular culture as other orientations may be; then behavioral counseling and consulting have definite applicability across different cultural settings.…

Although it is difficult to categorically recommend the use of relaxation with children, preliminary investigations support its viability. Due to the widespread effects of tension, relaxation may be prescribed for children with many types of learning and emotional needs. It may be applied in individual and group developmental counseling. (Author)

It appears that the Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) method might have some usefulness as a classroom management technique under some conditions. More work needs to be done to explore the nature of the conditions under which IPR is most valuable. (Author)

This article describes the goals and methods of training facilitators of consciousness-raising groups in an undergraduate sex roles course. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to discuss some of the strategies available to the counselor that will help the offender place work in its proper perspective and recognize its potential for growth and creativity. (Author)

There is reason to believe rehabilitation-oriented facilities have not reached full potential as correctional institutions. Failure to do so seems related to a lack of sufficient treatment personnel to help sustain functioning at an optimum level. If this is so, the psychological counselor can be of significant use to these institutions. (Author)