A program of peer counselor training was conducted to evaluate the acquisition of counseling skills by older volunteers. Results indicate that the trained groups changed significantly compared to controls on two of the three core dimensions (empathy and warmth) and had scores on all three scales above the minimum necessary for effective…

Author states that to cling to the idea that empathy in itself is sufficient leads to fruitlessness and frustrating efforts in endless exploration with both client and counselor chasing their tails. A counselor therapist also needs discrimination skills, decision making skills, program development skills, and program implementation skills. (Author)

Professionals must recognize that skill domains that go well beyond the usual intellective and cognitive professional-technical skill domain are vital to effective practice but are believed less possible and less appropriate to teach and evaluate. (Author)

In this article, the author defines humanistic intervention and discusses the results of his experiences in humanizing his interventions. (Author)

This paper discusses the helping relationship concept, its relationship to the reference process, and the problems of teaching the concept to pre- and in-service librarians. A teaching unit is described. (Author/KP)

Each utterance of a psychotherapy session conducted by Carl Rogers was transcribed on a separate card. Fifteen undergraduate subjects reconstituted client-therapist sequences more accurately than therapist-client sequences. (Author)

A Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum project is used to demonstrate the kinds of support a staff developer needs from the school district. These include financial support for various expenses as well as support in the form of reinforcement and idea sharing. (Author/MT)

Interviewed 93 divorced adult children of elderly parents concerning parent-child interpersonal and helping relationships. Respondents reported feeling close to elderly parents, having compatible parent-child relationships with little conflict, and helping parents out of love and desire to protect them from need. Respondents cited lack of money…

Analyzes Oetting and Beauvais's article on Peer Cluster Theory and drug use, agreeing with their focus on the role of the individual, the environment, and experience with use of a substance, but disagreeing with the notion of physical dependence. Advocates that society give children the competencies, values, and opportunities to find superior…

Encourages counselors to write for publication. Provides guidelines for developing a writers' support group to provide encouragement and understanding for personal and professional growth in writing. Includes group tasks for helping members submit work for publication. (ABB)

Reviews short-term approaches and strategies for group treatment of emotionally disturbed inpatients. Offers a sample of educational, preventive, and task-oriented treatment in groups as applied to psychiatric patients. (Author/ABB)

Assessed care afforded the elderly through informal support networks, particularly their families, as opposed to formal services. Focused on strain experienced by primary caregivers, who tended to be women. Analyzed instrumental aid (tangible aid and service referral) and expressive support given by role models and confidants who provided a form…

When an elementary school's most disruptive students were invited to write an advice column about school-related and personal problems, the students were not only genuinely helpful, but also felt better about themselves and began to solve their own problems. (CB)

Asserts that graphics offer numerous advantages in counseling, that creative thinking about the problems and situations children face can lead counselors to additional applications of graphics, and that through graphics counselors can help children gain understanding of their circumstances and control of their choices. (NB)

Four programs, two for preservice graduate students and two for inservice teachers, in which teachers were encouraged to analyze their teaching with a partner, are presented. The sessions to support teacher partnerships, how new patterns of teaching were demonstrated, and the extent to which teachers conducted cooperative projects are described.…