The author offers some feedback to those in the helping professions in three areas: (1) forms and letters; (2) jumping to conclusions; and (3) blaming and belittling, in hopes of stimulating more feedback as well as more positive ways of performing their services. (HMV)

A humanistically-oriented dynamic approach for the treatment of depression in older persons is presented. A multi-level therapeutic model of treatment is discussed in detail. Included are initiation of the therapeutic relationship, specific tools for problem-solving, relationship building, and insight, termination, transference, and…

From all indications, meditation is being used more and more by psychotherapists and counselors in their practices. Research has not to date produced empirical guidelines for the therapeutic use of meditation. This report compiles clinical and research data to provide a step toward a systematized approach to the utilization of meditation so as to…

Contrary to expectations, self-awareness inhibited reactions to a salient norm of social responsibility in two experiments which tested the hypothesis that directing attention to the self would lead to an increase in helping behavior. The reason, apparently, was that self-awareness interfered with the empathy process. Concerned about themselves…

This combined issue of Impact (regularly a bi-monthly magazine) focuses on human sexuality, and ways in which helping professionals can be of most assistance to clients who are concerned about their adequacies or inadequacies in the sexual area. Areas covered include teenage sexuality, homosexuality, mixed marriages, and changing sex roles.…

The purpose of this article is to support aspects of family counseling as an appropriate dimension of school counseling, and to introduce the school counselor to one of the many theoretical orientations available to those who work with families. (Author)

Compares several models of the divorce process and the implications of each for counseling. A unification of the concomitant implications is provided to assist the helping professions to understand the processes and problems associated with divorce. (Author)

Describes a peer counseling program that was designed to help college students make good career decisions. Two viewpoints are presented--the administrator's and the peer counselor's. (HMV)

Describes the Segmented Counseling Interview (SCI), in which counseling is interrupted at intervals to allow counselor and client, each out of hearing range of the other, to communicate to observers their reactions to the preceding counseling interval and their anticipation of the ensuing interval. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to further understanding of the helping process in groups. Specifically, it examined the relation between counselor facilitating behaviors, client facilitating behaviors, and client self-exploration in groups. The modeling of counselor facilitating behaviors by clients may be a mediating variable between counselor and…

Definitions of social work that describe what social workers do often become unwieldy because social workers do so many different things. Here is a concise definition built around the common goals that unify the profession's diverse fields and specialties and make them social work. (Author)

This paper summarizes the current use and abuse of co-therapy. The reported clinical experiences of several co-therapist teams, including spouse co-therapists, are also discussed. It appears that co-therapy will remain controversial until outcomes are rigorously measured and compared with the results of other therapeutic modalities in a…

This paper describes a project that focuses on youth themselves as resources in meeting the problem of maltreatment of adolescents. The 4-part program consists of a youth-staffed hot line, a self-help group, an information pamphlet for recognizing maltreatment and a public awareness campaign. (Author/SE)

The terms "counseling" and "psychotherapy" (or therapy) are both widely used, often more or less interchangeably. This article endeavors to present the three basic positions established in the literature and to suggest an alternative position for consideration by practitioners of the art (or science). (Author)

Through additive empathy, a helper challenges a client to examine a deep and broad perspective for assessing problems and then to take action. Practical guidelines for using the skill in counseling and in systematic skill training are offered. (Author)