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Download full textLichtenberg, James W.; Hummel, Thomas J. – 1999
This study used Laing et al.'s (1966) Interpersonal Perception Method to examine the relationship between the length of the therapy relationship (number of sessions), therapists' understanding of their clients' views, and clients' perceptions of being understood by their therapists with respect to the working alliance (goals, tasks, bond), session…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Performance
Lichtenberg, James W.; And Others – 1995
Certain interactional theorists propose that for counseling/psychotherapy to be effective, the therapist must control the definition of the therapy relationship. Although the relationship between patterns of relational dominance/control in counseling and counseling outcome seems reasonably well established, little is known of the relationship…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship
Heck, Edward J.; Lichtenberg, James W. – 1977
A three-year combined sample of 103 master's level counseling students was administered five measures of cognitive complexity, selected on the bases of previous factor analytic research and their potential relevance to counseling research. The instruments were designed to measure the processing of social stimuli, and included the Interconcept…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedLichtenberg, James W.; Barke, Kathryn Heider – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Applied the concepts of symmetrical and complementary relationship patterns from interactional communication theory to a study of Haley's assertions. Analyses of counselor-client verbal transactions did not support the notion that successful counseling is characterized by a complementary relationship with the counselor in the control position.…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Counselor Characteristics
Dunkelblau, Edward; Lichtenberg, James W. – 1979
Assessment of counselor trainee applicants with respect to level of cognitive complexity might prove a useful additional criterion in selection of students for training programs. To determine the correspondence between a measure of counselor effectiveness and five cognitive complexity measures, 38 subjects, master's degree students in counseling,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Counseling Effectiveness
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This project investigated the probabilistic interactional structure of counseling interviews conducted by two groups of counselors of differing levels of cognitive complexity, and the consistency of that structure within each group across sequences of two interviews. Analysis of the counselor-client interaction patterns between the two groups of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Selection, Information Processing
Lichtenberg, James W.; Wettersten, Kara B. – 1996
The notion of relational control in therapy has evolved as a concept over the past 30 years. This paper reviews the evolution of the construct of relational control as it relates to counseling and therapy. It analyzes the various ways that relational control has been used in process research and explores the manner in which counselors and clients…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
