Contends affect is integral component of Rational Emotive Therapy model. Reviews affective aspect of the model in terms of theoretical constructs and therapeutic techniques. Makes references to author-observed interactions of Albert Ellis and describes his life-style to permit inferences regarding the role of affect. Includes commentary by Ellis…

Asserts that feminist assumptions about nature, process, and goals of therapy make feminist counseling particularly effective approach for women from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds. Considers feminist interpretation of women's problems from social, political, and economic perspectives to be particularly relevant to experiences and…

Discusses several strengths and weaknesses of the behavioral approach in psychotherapy. Possible remediation of some of the weaknesses are explored through integration of contributions from client-centered or psychodynamic approaches. Risks associated with an integrated model of psychotherapy are considered. (Author)

Explores the sociopolitical implications of the new epistemology and the Milan approach, concluding that, while second order cybernetics has greater potential to incorporate a radical social analysis, it has, nevertheless, failed to do so. The application of second order cybernetics in family therapy appears to be constrained by the sociopolitical…

Argues that there are severe and insurmountable problems in attempting to maintain a systemic perspective in family therapy. Advocates decentering family therapy to a more peripheral space within social network perspective. (Author/NB)

Boundaries are limits that define us as separate from others. Although this concept is a familiar one in personal and addictions counseling, it is seldom discussed in career development or career counseling. Yet boundary issues arise constantly in working relationships, in the job-application process, among employees, and especially with…

Comments upon Claiborn and Lichtenberg's "Interactional Counseling" (1989). Claims the problem with their article is the initial premise; contends that theoretical integration and its counterpart eclecticism are not admirable. Notes that progress in human interaction research has been made in proportion to the researcher's specificity.…

Presents arguments in support of the definition of counseling psychology as a discipline. Examines the history of disciplines, the process fields of study move through in becoming disciplines, the status of counseling psychology, and the domain of psychological knowledge included in the discipline of counseling psychology. (JAC)

The first of a series of collections of papers, this volume consists of seven articles. Included in the volume are the following articles: "New Directions for Employment Counselling," by Andre Paquin; "Decision-Counselling Research and Practice: A New Start," by R. V. Peavy; "Pragmatic Counselling: Working with Clients and…

This document contains eight papers in the field of vocational guidance and counseling that were collected in Canada. In the first paper, David Clemens describes the distribution of a career planning booklet through newspapers in Ontario, determining that the booklet was useful to a widespread audience. In the second paper, Charles Bujold views…

This special edition on employment counseling contains a series of articles demonstrating some of the employment counseling initiatives currently underway in Canada. Included are separate English and French texts of each of the following articles: "The Assessment Component of Employment Counselling: Some Suggestions," by P. J. Patsula…