Examined rates of childhood sexual abuse, in 300 university counseling center clients, obtained through direct interview questioning, pencil-and-paper questioning, and client records. Found significant differences in prevalence rates between clients directly queried and clients from whom information was expected to arise during course of…

Reviews instruments, methodologies, and strategies available to assess clients' interpersonal functioning. Focuses on instruments that provide characterizations of clients' and counselors' overt interpersonal behavior and covert reactions translated onto interpersonal circle models. Presents suggested interpersonal assessment battery; describes…

Illustrating three instances he encountered here in the United States, the Chinese counselor argues that American counseling is deeply rooted in rugged individualism, and often at the expense of the family and community. The suitability of American counseling for other cultures is thus questioned. (Author/NB)

Notes that many social workers believe they have duty to warn third parties of danger posed to them by clients. Describes social workers' duty under law and outlines standards of care for assessing and responding to threats of harm. Places duty to protect third parties into larger context of social workers' ethical and legal obligations to protect…

Explores unique issues and concerns facing lesbian women in U.S. culture. Examines theoretical issues and effective therapeutic interventions in counseling lesbians. Specific content areas highlighted include lesbian identity development and management; interpersonal and couple issues; and specific problems such as substance abuse, domestic…

Explains how group work can be used as treatment approach to physical and mental well-being in the elderly. Focuses on use of group counseling to enhance exercise participation and compliance among older adults. Addresses physical aging and exercise, guidelines for a group counseling and exercise program, and issues in counseling the older adult.…

Responds to model presented in previous article on counseling human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected clients. Commends the review of relevant psychological literature, but notes that previous article lacks adequate understanding about biological nature of HIV infection. Discusses several issues that serve to question the validity of the model…

Assessed substance abuse and domestic violence in family therapy clients. Findings from 262 case records revealed that 12 percent of clients originally presented domestic violence as main issue and 3 percent presented substance abuse as main issue. However, 40 percent had domestic violence as therapeutic issue during treatment, and 30 percent had…

Explored methods examining therapeutic process that assessed how clients interpret change process and counselors' behavior, content and valence of clients' and counselors' most memorable thoughts immediately after session, and clients' and counselors' memorable thoughts compared with counseling session content. Findings from three counselor-client…

Conducted interviews with 54 home care clients (over half of whom were age 60+) and their home health aides and personal care attendants. Interviews revealed home care relationships tended to be both formal and informal, in that job responsibilities tend to be diffusely defined and home care workers often became involved in the…

Examined young adult male patient (n=18) satisfaction with interior environments of three different in-patient drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities: renovated Elk's Club; hospital wing; and facility built for drug and alcohol treatment. Findings indicated satisfaction declined over four-week treatment period; familiar objects were missed;…

Responds to article by Lopez, Lopez, and Fong in which research was reviewed on Mexican Americans' reactions to ethnically similar and dissimilar counselors. Reexamines choice and judgment methodologies, discusses limitations of simple choice methodology, and expresses concern that simple choice methodology in cross-cultural counseling research…

Responds to previous article by Atkinson and Wampold in which original article by Lopez, Lopez, and Fong examining Mexican Americans' reactions to ethnically similar and dissimilar counselors was reviewed. Suggests that emphasis placed on given method and interpretation of given findings may reflect degree to which researchers value role of…

Describes development of cognitive therapy (CT) for depression and its application to diverse clinical populations. Examines how CT works and discusses both limitations of CT and recent developments and modifications of the therapy that have evolved in response to these perceived limitations and that bring it closer to other therapy approaches.…

Presents training format that encourages mental health counselors to address their own comfort with sexuality and then offers specific concepts for working with sexually active clients. Presents five areas: counselor comfort with sexuality, sexuality assessment tools, societal values about sexuality, treatment approaches to clients' sexual issues,…