Counselors are becoming more aware of the importance of working with large systems to bring about change that will influence individuals. In this article the author relates some of his early experiences as a young school counselor and suggests guidelines for bringing about change. (Author)

Points out the progress in the clinical literature in helping people deal with the event of death but argues there is great neglect in the literature regarding viewing death as a perspective, and its valuable clinical use. By referring to Heidegger's contributions to existential psychology, explains what is meant by this perspective and its…

Eight prevailing and destructive remarriage myths are identified and discussed. Suggestions are made to counselors for clinical application with the remarried. (Author)

An integrative framework based on work adjustment theory is discussed. Theoretical themes and the different needs of practitioners and researchers in vocational psychology are highlighted. (Author)

Examined a list of 19 therapist intentions in two studies. In Study 1 use of intentions was examined in 20 sessions of time-limited therapy. In Study 2 the list was used by 42 experienced therapists. Across both studies, the most frequently cited intentions were "insight,""clarify,""feelings," and "change."…

Develops a different perspective on the ethics of suicide, based on theoretical and clinical grounds. Suggests the need to shift from a search for an ethical statement about suicide (e.g., "rational suicide") to the ethical justification for intervention based on the needs and interests of an affirming therapeutic profession. (JAC)

This article proposes that the teacher and counselor are indistinguishable in their roles as learning consultants. Self learning and the process of understanding one's self in the tangential relationship of space, time, and matter become part of the counselor's purview and charge. (Author)

Without the election of personal choice (decision making) an individual's behavior would lack direction and would be mere random activity. Decision Counseling, therefore, is necessarily involved in all extended helping relationships, and only the timing of its inception or implementation must be determined. (Author)

This article focuses on the implementation of the goals of psychological education through guidance. (Author)

The approach presented here represents a purposeful eclecticism designed to systematically guide the counselor or effectively meet unique individual needs in changing situations. The counselor's work with a particular child or group is considered done only when he has done all that he can do to achieve successful outcome with whatever techniques…

Most counselors in this study tended to communicate real interest and concern only if the client is in obvious distress; they indicated such interest on the goal checklist by checking a relatively large number of goals. (Author)

This research effort presents (a) a model for viewing counseling theories and (b) data regarding the similarities and differences among selected counseling theorists on two dimensions: a process dimension and a goal dimension. (Author)

Stresses the role of counseling in the area of career development. Compares the term vocation, as a limited term, to the concept of career development which opens the door to a lifetime experience. (ML)

The column focuses on practical procedures that counselors have found effective in their work. (Author)

For a creative counseling situation to occur, the counselor must cultivate a positive climate that can encourage the child's unique spontaneity, wonder, and feelings. The attitude and the climate that the counselor establishes in a counseling relationship are possible because the counselor himself has undergone his own search for meaning. Because…