Advocates that counseling professionals work together as team in helping families. Contends that quality of care provided is improved by coordinated network of helping professionals. Discusses advantages of community network, identifies obstacles to implementing networks, reviews related literature, lists assumptions upon which team approach is…

College counselors regard themselves as teachers and educators, but they are something else as well. They are links between the location of childhood and the larger, more risky terrain of first adulthood. College counselors prepare students for an actual, not merely figurative, journey, the prospect of which fill students and their parents with…

The patient-therapist model, the oldest form of mental health treatment, is at the core of reconstructive psychotherapy. Because this therapeutic partnership is subtle and vague, ethical concern is at the heart of the reconstructive therapeutic process. The aims of reconstructive therapy can be defined in terms of an existential, a psychoanalytic…

School psychologists must have a system of problem solving to employ when faced with ethical dilemmas. In addition, school psychologists must recognize that professional expertise brought to practice in the schools is not value free. It is imperative that those who see themselves as helping others, especially children, clarify their ideals, goals,…

Proposes that the behavior of many teenagers may be understood as a function of 11 immediate goals, each of which represents a coherent set of attitudes and behaviors by which the ultimate goals of belonging and self-esteem are sought. These goals are rooted in faulty beliefs and elicit characteristic reactions from adults. (Author)

Discusses traditional Hispanic values of respect, power, leadership, responsibility and loyalty. Shows how knowledge of these and other cultural factors may assist counselors working with female Hispanic clients toward career, educational and social goals. (BP)

Suggests useful approaches for school counselors to use when consulting with teachers who are attempting to create least restrictive environments for handicapped children. (Author)

Examines the new aspects of the counselor's role under PL 94-142. Stresses the need to avoid excessive labeling of children, and to refrain from setting limited expectations or becoming overprotective. (BP)

Discusses informed consent as an option for clients and counselor protection in instances of departure from customary or suggested practices in counseling. Suggests that establishing and documenting informed consent may add protection against legal suit and, at the same time, ensure that clients recognize the gravity of any decisions to deviate…

Presents an interview with Theodore Blau, psychologist and frequent expert witness, in which Blau discusses various roles, benefits, and contributions of mental health professionals in the legal system. Describes what it is like to work in the legal environment and the impact that mental health professionals can have in the legal system.…

Discusses the affective, cognitive, and behavioral ramifications of childhood depression. Implications for the school and the counselor are given. (Author/BL)

Concludes from review of the empirical literature and theories regarding retirement issues that industrial/organizational psychologists have the opportunity to contribute to knowledge about retirement because of their dual interests in both individuals and organizations and because of their tradition of scientific rigor. (Author/BL)

Analyzes the assumptions implicit in the legal professon's model of divorce (that it is a legal process involving the application of legal rules to the facts of the parties' lives), argues their inadequacies and inappropriateness, and suggests how therapists should view divorce mediation based upon their own understanding. (BH)

Discusses the school counselor's role in relation to special education programs, emphasizing historical and training perspectives. Emerging roles and future directions are described. (BL)

Over the last decade emphasis has shifted from theoretically based models of practice to empirically based models whose elements are derived from clinical research. These models are defined and a developing model of practice through the use of single-case methodology is examined. Potential impediments to this new role are identified. (Author/BL)