Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide rehabilitation counselors an overview of the benefits of the community college system as an option that veterans with service-connected disabilities should consider in helping to make the transition from military to civilian life. We describe veterans with service-connected disabilities, the…

Drawing on literature from different psychotherapeutic traditions, the meaning of money is reviewed, and the psychological and practical issues which arise from the setting, changing, and payment of fees in counseling and psychotherapy are discussed. A person-centered approach is offered as a framework for the counselor's understanding of fees in…

Facets in the revolution in counselling female clients are explored. New counselor training programs are required to meet the needs of emerging client populations. Training programs, outlined, provide guidelines for sex-fair education for all counselors and more intensive training for counselors specializing in counseling of women. (Author/BEF)

Presents a case study that examines three spiritual experiences, each of which played a critical role in a client's recovery from cocaine dependence. These experiences, categorized as subtle, synchronistic, and sudden, are described. Also discusses the effect of the client's disclosures on the therapist's practice of counseling. (Author/MKA)

If counseling and guidance professionals are to improve the mental health of individuals and society, then they must carefully examine the relationship between mental health and technology. Healthy management of technological tools may be one of the most critical competencies a counseling professional can model and teach. The purpose of this…

Examines the relationship between mentoring and counseling in the context of a mentoring relationship. Explores how career functions of mentoring are incommensurable with psychosocial functions with a specific focus on counseling. This analysis raises some problems with the notion of counseling as part of the repertoire of the mentor. (Contains 37…

Reviews the professional literature on spiritual emergency, including history of the concept; etiology, features, and course of phenomenon; differential diagnosis; and professional response to clients in spiritual emergency. A verbatim transcript of a client describing a spiritual emergency illustrates aspects of the phenomenon and evaluates…

Discusses issue of acculturation among immigrant children. Describes stressors related to this acculturation. Outlines counselor interventions including altering external sources of stress and primary prevention through curriculum design and outreach programs aimed at adjustment and feelings of isolation. Includes 38 references. (CRR)

Self development is conceptualized as surrounded by a series of ego rings that spread out from its center. Erikson's first five psychosocial stages are used as the developmental framework within which self-concept, self-esteem, and ego boundaries are viewed as component parts of the self's growth. Counseling implications are used. (Author/BL)

Describes approaches to counseling the learning disabled child. Discusses identification, counseling techniques, counselor roles and functions, and limitations of counseling in ameliorating a learning disability. (MCF)

The American Mental Health Counselors Association was founded in 1976, yet mental health counselors lack professional identity. The term "mental health counselor" must be clarified to prevent overlap with psychology yet remain flexible enough for future innovation. (JAC)

Key objectives in Christian counseling are described and the counseling process is reviewed in the light of these objectives. Clients are assumed to be self-directing and responsible for their behavior, including those behavior changes facilitated by counselors. Buddhist and non-sectarian responses are also presented. (Author/BEF)

Dialogue is presented as human alternative to armed conflict. A non-national forum where interests and values can be uncovered, and which provides context for potential dialogic encounter, is tentatively suggested. Some insights from realm of counseling and psychotherapy that can contribute to understanding of the nature of dialogue are explored.…

Reviews the legislative provisions and mandates governing the education of children and youth who are homeless and the barriers to education presented by school requirements. Highlights the effects of homelessness on children and youth and the role the school counselor should play in the provision of services for them. (Contains 55 references.)…

Counselors often see persons with undiagnosed cases of chronic fatigue syndrome and may play an important role in referring these clients appropriately. Terminology, screening, epidemiology, course, and treatment are reviewed. Case histories illustrate how suspected cases can be distinguished from depression and other conditions. Diagnostic…