A detailed approach in how to incorporate the principles of Milton Erickson into counseling therapy is presented here. Since Ericksonian therapy emphasizes practical results, the paper opens with ways to apply Erickson's work. It emphasizes a philosophical framework where the therapist is clear in what he or she is doing and where a definitive…

Adjusting to a new culture is a major transition that cuts across every aspect of an immigrant's life. This paper examines whether or not the use of a preventive, psychoeducational, counselor intervention affects the normative ethnic identity development process of Haitian adolescents. The study's independent variables were gender, dominant…

Several researchers have hypothesized relationships between vocational congruence and career success. In view of this fact, a study examined the relationships between the vocational congruence, academic success, and career maturity of 401 undergraduates (251 females and 150 males) attending a large state university. The respondents, who…

These career development materials consist of three booklets: the text, success portfolio, and facilitator's guide. Unit 1 in the text tests the students' coping skills. Contracts in the success portfolio for this unit enable the student to determine the sources of stress and ways of coping; describe different procedures for managing time; assess…

School counselors may provide services as well as orchestrate and manage many elements of the guidance process, but the community which includes institutions, persons, processes, and other resources also has the potential to facilitate child development and the goals for school guidance and counseling. Various populations of children and youth…

The social learning approach to marital and family therapy emphasizes the importance of clients' compliance with homework assignments to treatment progress. To investigate the relationship between clients' homework compliance and therapists' and clients' behaviors during therapy sessions and clients' intrasession tension and satisfaction, the…

This guide, written for therapists and counselors working with eating disordered individuals, focuses on both bulimia and anorexia. A brief historical perspective and comments on epidemiology and etiology are provided. Definitions and clinical characteristics of both disorders are presented as well as psychodevelopmental profiles of male and…

Based on an earlier list of characteristics, ten assertions were derived about the nature of psychotherapy upon which it was believed that humanistic therapists would agree. These assertions were then submitted to three groups of therapists (111 returns) listed in the "National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology":…

Evaluating the effectiveness of counseling requires the clear specification of expectations for changes in the client, deciding on how these changes are to be observed, choosing and implementing a treatment which will effect these changes, and assessing actual progress toward the goal. Evaluation becomes a part of the counseling process. (Author)

The purposes of this article are to discuss the impact of new students on counseling, to suggest new roles for the counselor in relation to curriculum and staff development, and finally to note implications for the preparation of counselors which emerge from having new students and new counseling roles. (Author)

This document articulates the goals and objectives of the elementary developmental guidance program in the Orange County, Florida Public Schools system. The stated foundation is that developmental guidance is founded in the belief that each student is unique and singular, possessing intrinsic worth and specific rights. The focus is on sequential…

A study examined the scope of existing services for adult learners attending universities and colleges. Survey instruments designed to gather data on institutional support for adult learner services, special target groups identified by individual institutions, and institutional barriers confronted by adult learners on campus were mailed to a…

Historically, family counseling grew from a focus on the individual to an emphasis on the importance of the entire family as the unit of treatment and the structure of the family as the key ingredient in family functioning. Strategic family therapy (SFT) has evolved from these traditional intervention approaches to the use of a brief, directive,…

Professional standards of practice for psychologists are vital in child custody work. The psychologist should examine all parties involved and should be acutely aware of and compliant with the current state laws as related to child custody. Objectivity is of paramount importance. This can best be achieved if the psychologist is appointed by the…

Although in the past farmers have not been a traditional client group for personal and career counselors, the recent financial plight of farm families has resulted in farmers being identified as a special target group by the Canadian government. Programs, such as the Canadian Rural Transition Program (CRTP), have been established to provide…