This study evaluates the effects of the first stage (Prepracticum) of a three-stage counselor training practicum designed to merge cognitive and experiential learning in a systematic manner using professional trainers. (Author)

Briefly examines existential counseling, behavioral counseling, reality therapy, Gestalt therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, and rational-emotive therapy. (CJ)

The purpose of this study was to determine how rehabilitation counselors would process materials of a seemingly controversial nature in a referral recommendation. Results indicate that counselors in rehabilitation settings are biased in making referral recommendations. Implications for the profession are discussed. (Author)

This article presents additional evidence that traditional psychodynamic psychotherapy does not fulfill its manifest function to help individuals achieve "mental health"; thus, its persistence as an ideology and clinical practice can be explained only on the basis of its latent function as a means of social control. (Author)

All-women's counseling groups are the subject of controversy among counselors. This article presents a rationale for such groups, discussing several ways in which women find them more therapeutically helpful than mixed groups. (Author)

This study of the relationship of Jewish-American adult children to aging parents found that the children were intensely involved in helping their parents cope with a wide range of problems. Although the study dealt with a specific ethnic group, the findings having implications for social work with all aged persons. (Author)

The program described in this report involves selected high school students who were trained as mental health aides and worked with primary grade children referred for school maladaptation problems. Data evaluating the program's effectiveness are presented. (Author)

This paper outlines the major beliefs and practices underlying Igbo traditional counselling systems. (Author)

This article explains an experimental project which integrated selected dimensions of the teacher and counselor education programs. The affective components of education and interpersonal functioning were the focus with the structure designed to emphasize experience more than explanation. The process was the lesson. (Author)

Drawing on the insights of Ruth Benedict and Abraham Maslow in their search for an ethical gauge by which to rate personal-social health, this article proposes synergistic man'' as the desired outcome model for counselors. (Author)

This article describes one approach to providing helping services for individuals with drug related problems. The development of the organization, services offered, and community outreach programs are discussed, as well as the training, supervision, and consultation provided by trained professionals to laymen which enables the agency to function…

The effects of observing helping and selfish-exploiting models were investigated in three social contexts where normative expectations for helping were present in differing degrees. (Author/KM)

A well-known authority in the area of counseling and guidance examines the changing social climate and the accompanying changing counselor role over the past 30 years. She concludes that a thread common to counseling psychologists through the years has been their desire to help others help themselves. (CJ)

Data collected from six university level encounter groups indicated that perceptions of group leader self-disclosure, mental health and helpfulness were all positively correlated. (Author)

This report details the purpose and development of a student volunteer program at the University of Florida which evolved from the idea that students who volunteered to serve as informal helpers would be an effective force in orienting freshman students. (Author)