Asserts that working with older adults requires specialized preparation in professional ethics. Presents rationale for including specialized ethics training in counseling programs preparing mental health professional to work with older adults, and discusses one way in which this training might be accomplished. (Author/NB)

Notes that surprisingly little has been written in the counseling journals on the topic of lying, that is, why some clients consciously choose to be either dishonest with their counselors or deliberately hold back important information from their counselors. Discusses dynamics of lying and offers suggestions to counselors on how to work with…

Examines manifestations of internalized oppression within African-American women's group process and discusses ways to address this oppression. Special attention is given to the African-American female group leader. Suggestions for practice focus on recruitment and client initiation of services, confronting internalized oppression in…

Reviews trends in career counseling with lesbian and gay clients. Presents role of career development with lesbian and gay clients based on information regarding employment discrimination, decision to pass as heterosexual on job, counselor and student training issues, age-related factors, and differences between gay men and lesbian women with…

Describes strategies for dealing effectively with resistance in group therapy. Discusses resistant group members; reasons for resistance; group stages; and strategies for dealing with silence, laughter, excessive talking, monopolizing, and intellectualizing and generalizing. Includes discussion of experimental strategies to overcome group…

Notes that prevalence of psychological problems has been found to be highest for working class women, yet counselors are often unprepared to counsel these women effectively. Describes common characteristics and concerns of working class women clients, effective counseling approaches, and difficulties and rewards for counselors who deal with this…

Emphasizes need for feminization of geriatric mental health and calls attention to issues for older women. Warns that few mental health professionals are knowledgeable about gender differences in development or about late life development/aging. Notes that therapists who rely on personal experience with older persons, both positive and negative,…

Evaluated outcomes and costs of six methods for motivating therapists to meet service delivery goals at community mental health center for children and adolescent over five-year period. Four incentive interventions generated more cost savings than they required in monetary outlays. Most cost beneficial were bonus plans. (Author/NB)

Presents interview conducted with Dr. Clemmont Vontress, a pioneering scholar in the field of multicultural counseling. In this interview, Vontress reflects on his long and distinguished career and the evolution of multicultural counseling as professional discipline. Vontress discusses how his theoretical position and ideas evolved over the years…

Contends that helpers are often overly attentive to client deficits/pathology to detriment of acknowledging family and other client strengths/resources. Notes that family therapists must remain vigilant to pathologizing. Describes experiences that heightened awareness for author, followed by illustration of importance and benefit of therapists…

Provides overview of salient issues related to scientific and therapeutic work with lesbians and gays. Five sections focus on terms and concepts, sense of social context faced by gay people, discussion of psychology's approach to gay/lesbian issues, overview of gay identity development, and outline of roles and responsibilities of counseling…

Notes that effects of racism on African Americans may have deleterious consequences that necessitate their seeking counseling. Addresses cultural considerations, economic factors, historical factors, and client expectations that may be salient when engaging African-American clients in counseling. Considers possible need for counselors to be…

Describes one family therapist's experience in dealing with a difficult family in a counseling setting. Describes the difficulty in working with a resistant client and explains how the therapist worked to overcome that resistance. (NB)

Examined access and acceptance rates of public vocational rehabilitation services for minority and majority individuals with disabilities. Data from all 63,774 individuals who applied for services during 1985-89 revealed that, even though minority clients applied for services at higher rates than their representation in population, they were…

Explored relationships between acculturation, acceptance of disability, and client satisfaction using data from 118 self-identified Mexican Americans who were clients of Colorado Rehabilitation Services. Found no evidence of relationship between level of acculturation of Mexican Americans and acceptance of disability. (Author/NB)