The author suggests that effectiveness in human resources development is a function primarily of two factors: the skills with which the helpers relate to other people (interpersonal skills), and the skills which they have in their specialty areas (program skills). (Author)

The development of a technology for helper training and its implications for human and community resource development are discussed. (BY)

An effective counselor is described as one who has and uses his ability to help others. Techniques and trappings are secondary and may vary greatly from one effective counselor to the other. (Author)

The author describes her counseling style with the aging, which is designed to provide an atmosphere of understanding and sharing in order to foster their growth. (Author)

The counselor, in working with students, can make each choice a means through which the person clarifies his purposes and designs his own future. Every commitment of time is a serious undertaking. This, the author sees, is the fundamental message of existentialism for counseling. (Author)

Two experiments to determine the effect of competence upon aiding behavior are described. (DB)

Describes apprentice/mentor relationship as a way of meeting the needs of abusive parents and the needs of understaffed agencies with large caseloads. Mentoring is discussed in terms of the life span developmental need for acquiring a sense of generativity and basic factors in the evolution of a mentoring relationship. (Author/RH)

Presents a conceptual model of and strategies for counseling on issues of personal loss. Problems appear when grieving is not allowed to proceed naturally. Counseling should aim to identify the need for and facilitate the process of grieving so clients are not overwhelmed. (Author)

Believes the therapeutic situation that offers the greatest awareness with the least amount of dehumanization is a synthesis of the gestalt and the existential humanistic (EH) orientations. Considers the relationship and possible synthesis of the existential and gestalt positions. (Author/RK)

Interviews with 20 AIDS volunteers suggested six themes for volunteer caregiving: caring, supporting, touching, balancing, benefiting, and reflecting. The volunteers remained enthusiastic and positive and had effective coping strategies. Ways to train and support them were suggested. (SK)

Grounded theory-based interviews with 10 occupational therapists working with terminally ill patients resulted in a conceptual framework of practice with this population. The core phenomenon was affirming life--preparing for death. Reframing processes helped therapists acknowledge their patients' dual status of living and dying. (SK)

Andragogy provides a framework for care and other aspects of the nurse-patient relationship. It is a humanistic process that values individuals and equalizes power between educators and students. (SK)

Notes empathy is a commonly used but poorly understood concept, difficult to define or measure. Suggests it develops with maturity and uses communication skills that can be taught by modeling and role play. Its use as a foundation for nursing education is uncritically accepted, but should be reassessed. (SK)