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Palisi, Anthony T. – Family Letter, 1991
Humans organize into constellations subjective attributes that help them to know themselves. Self-esteem refers only to those aspects of one's self-concept to which an evaluation is assigned. Self-esteem reflects one's sense of personal efficacy and worth. Love has been described as emotional closeness, passion, and decision/commitment; esteem for…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Love, Marital Instability
Palisi, Anthony T. – Family Letter, 1992
Like a fire out of control, jealousy can reduce a marriage to rubble. It can leave self-esteem ruined. Although oversimplified, the pathologically jealous person regards even slight signs as conclusive evidence of betrayal. Where jealousy arises exclusively within a relationship then a counselor might examine the jealous person's self-concept and…
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Interpersonal Relationship, Jealousy, Marital Instability
Palisi, Anthony T. – Family Letter, 1992
The components of the self system include self-concept, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. Learning that adds to identity augments self-concept. Learning that leads to self-appraisal relates to self-esteem. Learning that leads to prediction of achievement belongs to self-efficacy. Courage to persist when confronted by a "Gulp!" experience…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Marital Instability, Marriage Counseling, Self Concept
Cohen, George M.; And Others – 1986
This document contains papers from a conference which targeted the needs and interests of counselors working with families. Individual papers in the book include: (1) "Economic, Social and Political Influences on Families" (Lynda Henley Walters); (2) "Family Structures and Stresses: A Counseling Perspective" (Edwin Herr); (3) "Cultural Diversity…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Counselors, Family Counseling
Peer reviewedLopez, Frederick G. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1986
Reviews the literature linking four features of family structure to depression and maladjustment in adolescents and young adults: (a) parent-child overinvolvement, (b) parent-child role reversal, (c) marital instability, and (d) parent-child coalitions. Implications for the assessment and treatment of depressed college students are discussed.…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Objectives, Depression (Psychology), Family Structure
Edgar, Don; Harrison, Margaret – 1982
Counselors should begin to think not only of the needs of children involved in the process of their parents' divorce, but of an approach to marriage counseling as a whole. Children participate in the context of divorce as family members in the social interaction that makes a family work or not work; there are, therefore, various stages or points…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Child Role, Child Welfare
