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Marquis, Andre; Douthit, Kathryn Z.; Elliot, Ari J. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2011
Substantial controversy has surrounded the concept of best practices (BPs) in counseling; in particular, the consequences of deriving practice guidelines from empirically supported treatments (ESTs). Criticisms of EST methodology, assumptions, and findings are summarized, and implications for core counseling values, including multiculturalism, are…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Cultural Pluralism, Best Practices, Counseling Techniques
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Rosenthal, David A.; Hoyt, William T.; Ferrin, James M.; Miller, Susan; Cohen, Nicholas D. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2006
Over the past 25 years, meta-analysis has assumed a significant role in the synthesis of counseling and psychotherapy research through the evaluation and interpretation of the results of multiple studies. An examination of four widely recognized rehabilitation counseling journals, however, reveals that only one meta-analysis (Bolton & Akridge,…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation Counseling, Data Interpretation, Meta Analysis
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Prilleltensky, Isaac; Prilleltensky, Ora – Counseling Psychologist, 2003
Several fields within psychology, including counseling psychology, are struggling to promote a social justice agenda. Most efforts concentrate on a critique of existing values, assumptions, and practices. Whereas the level of critique is quite sophisticated, the level of social justice practice is rather embryonic. Critical psychologists have been…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Psychologists, Wellness, Justice
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Kazdin, Alan E.; Whitley, Moira K. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The authors examined the parent-therapist alliance in parent management training for children (N = 218; 53 girls and 165 boys, ages 2-14) referred clinically for oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior. The interrelations of pretreatment parent social relationships, the parent-therapist alliance over the course of treatment, and…
Descriptors: Therapy, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Antisocial Behavior
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Hage, Sally M. – Counseling Psychologist, 2003
Chwalisz's (2003) [this issue]) call to adopt the evidence-based practice model provides an opportunity for counseling psychologists to reexamine both their commitment to the scientist-practitioner model and their unique professional identity. In this reaction, the author offers her critique of several assumptions underlying the evidence-based…
Descriptors: Prevention, Psychologists, Cultural Pluralism, Justice
Dilley, Josiah – 1985
This book contains a collection of materials that can be used to improve the ability to relate to others. The first chapter discusses causes of conflict and how conflict habits develop. The second chapter discusses freeing ourselves from self-defeating habits. This chapter asserts that the imperfect expressive capacity of language is further…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Criticism, Feedback
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Vera, Elizabeth M.; Speight, Suzette L. – Counseling Psychologist, 2003
The construct of multicultural competence has gained much currency in the counseling psychology literature. This article provides a critique of the multicultural counseling competencies and argues that counseling psychology's operationalization of multicultural competence must be grounded in a commitment to social justice. Such a commitment…
Descriptors: Social Action, Counselor Training, Social Change, Justice
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O'Brien, Karen M.; Zamostny, Kathy P. – Counseling Psychologist, 2003
Contrary to societal stereotypes about adoption, this integrative review of published empirical research on adoptive families noted several positive and few negative out-comes with regard to satisfaction with the adoption, familial functioning, and parent-child communication. The critical analysis of 38 studies on adoptive families revealed a…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Criticism, Counseling Psychology, Cultural Influences