Reviews literature pertaining to Chicanas/os' utilization of conventional mental health services. Notes that Chicanas/os underutilize mental health services, instead preferring family or nontraditional helpers for assistance. Discusses lack of support in the literature for use of many major psychological tests with Chicanas/os but reports that…

Summarizes articles presented in this special issue devoted to Chicana/o mental health issues. Provides an overview of two research areas: one that exemplifies how research reviewed can be applied in innovative mental health settings, and one that may direct attention to a new perception relative to understanding chicana/o mental health. (JDM)

Presents brief biographical information on the contributing authors (professors, counselors, graduate students) to this special issue devoted to the mental and psychological health concerns relevant to Chicanas/os. (JDM)

Examines the merits of two models of counselor training, scientist-practitioner and practitioner-scholar. The first position argues for inclusion of the practitioner-scholar model as an alternative for training in counseling psychology. The second position reviews concerns with the two competing models. Concludes that the scientist-practitioner…

During his 30 years at the University of Georgia, Theodore K. Miller established a nationally recognized graduate professional-preparation program. Miller is interviewed, and the professional influences in his life and on his role in developing quality-assurance measures for counseling and human-development programs and for student-affairs…

A multicultural adaptation of Hanson's original group process observation guidelines is presented. Several multicultural sensitizer items are added to each original process observation category. A system for processing and discussing these expanded observations within a fishbowl design is detailed. Experimentation with these sensitizers in a…

Interviews seven practicing therapists about their personal therapy and how it affects their clinical work. Identifies 12 common themes organized into three domains: (a) orienting to the therapist: humanity, power, boundaries; (b) orienting to the client: trust, respect, patience; and (c) listening with the third ear. (Author/GCP)

Describes the extent to which the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's (WICHE) Doctoral Scholars Program has influenced doctoral training in the counseling psychology program at the University of Utah. Highlights the importance of the faculty mentor as a facilitative agent in the training of ethnic minority students and in helping…

A comparison of mean scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory scales revealed that women scored significantly higher than men on depression, whereas there were no significant differences on any of the six anger scales. These findings support further research on functional affective differences between men…

Provides a review of current knowledge on the assessment and diagnosis of anxiety disorders classified in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Emphasis is on the recognition of anxiety as a dominant symptom, frameworks for determining specific anxiety disorders, and patterns of comorbitity. (Author/GCP)

In this article, the author presents an overview of the qualitative research approach termed grounded theory (B. G. Glaser, 1978, 1992; B. G. Glaser & A. L. Strauss, 1967; A. L. Strauss, 1987; A. L. Strauss & J. Corbin, 1990, 1998). The author first locates the method conceptually and paradigmatically (paradigms) and then outlines the procedures…

This article familiarizes counseling psychologists with qualitative research methods in psychology developed in the tradition of European phenomenology. A brief history includes some of Edmund Husserl's basic methods and concepts, the adoption of existential-phenomenology among psychologists, and the development and formalization of qualitative…

Narratological research is defined in relation to narrative theory and a cultural psychology perspective. Narrative concepts and methodology are explained, including the configural mode of understanding and principles of narrative analysis. Examples of application in psychological and counseling research are presented, with a discussion of issues…

The qualitative action-project method is described as an appropriate and heuristic qualitative research method for use in counseling psychology. Action theory, which addresses human intentional, goal-directed action, project, and career, provides the conceptual framework for the method. Data gathering and analysis involve multiple procedures to…

This article describes ethnographic decision tree modeling (EDTM; C. H. Gladwin, 1989) as a mixed method design appropriate for counseling psychology research. EDTM is introduced and located within a postpositivist research paradigm. Decision theory that informs EDTM is reviewed, and the 2 phases of EDTM are highlighted. The 1st phase, model…