Presents behavioral rationale for guidance in terms of general pupil needs and in terms of specific types of educational circumstances. (Author)

The performance of the competent pupil personnel worker fills the void between administrative and instructional functions that seemingly cannot be filled by achievement of guidance objectives alone. (Author)

If counselors are to listen to the forces for social change with open minds, they must first evaluate their own life styles. Changing oneself necessarily involves engaging in risk taking behaviors, searching for new stimuli, seeking the unfamiliar. (Author)

Counselors will have to organize to train themselves beyond the very institutions which spawned them, and they need an experiential organization to do it. (Author)

Based on primary sources published in the Soviet Bloc, this article compares the stated goals of Marxist guidance with actual outcomes, and identifies the foundations of guidance in the Soviet Bloc in terms of Marxist philosophy and social doctrine. Current symptoms of ideological unrest in socialist society as exemplified by the suppressed reform…

Deals with the relationship between philosophy and counseling theory as outlined in a metatheoretical model. The model's implications for comparing theories and value orientations are also reviewed. This dialog serves an educational purpose and ensures an arena where counselors continually evaluate the status quo in a cultural context. (JAC)

Discusses the application of a reality therapy paradigm for counseling disabled clients. Short-term counseling using a reality therapy framework provided a favorable balance between counselor direction and client acceptance of responsibility. (Author)

Leisure counseling should be a helping process which facilitates interpretive, affective, or behavioral changes in individuals towards the attainment of their leisure well being. (JN)

A stratified sample of 61 state-agency rehabilitation counselors were interviewed using a structured, videotaped interview procedure. Trained judges (N=3) independently rated the 61 counselors on 12 rehabilitation counselor characteristics. Data revealed three significant correlations between the rehabilitation counselor characteristics and the…

Investigated the need for counseling services among imprisoned, female drug abusers. Responses of inmates with drug abuse problems to a questionnaire were analyzed to show kinds of problems they have which counseling may help to alleviate. (Author)

Claims since schizophrenia is reversible, professions involved in social control and those doing therapy face new responsibilities. Notes therapists can approach psychotic symptoms expecting the person to become normal. Describes goal as being to help people past periods of acute disturbance without doing them long-term harm. (Author/ABL)

Recounts themes in Hoyt's article on the career development status of women and minorities. Concludes that although social initiatives must certainly continue to be pursued, more immediate impact on clients' situations might be gained through efforts to help individuals overcome internal barriers to the quality of life they desire. (ABL)

Comments on Hoyt's article on the career development status of women and minorities. Commends Hoyt for providing agenda for action that career development professionals can follow to meet the challenges of equity of opportunity in the societal marketplace. Recommends National Career Development Association be a part of the solution to the problem…