Presents reprint of original work published in 1957 in "Journal of Consulting Psychology" in which Carl Rogers takes one small segment of theory of psychotherapy, of personality, and of interpersonal relationships; spells it out more completely; and explores its meaning and usefulness. Rogers examines psychological conditions necessary and…

Presents comprehensive picture of supervision for beginning and advanced graduate students of counseling and psychotherapy. Argues that supervision should encourage continuous reflection at all levels of expertise. Examines impact of performance anxiety and advantages and disadvantages of modeling for beginning students. For advanced students,…

Notes that all counseling and psychotherapy relationships consist of working alliance, transference configuration, and real relationship. Draws on theoretical and research literature and uses clinical examples to offer 19 propositions about how these 3 relationship components interact with one another, how each operates across course of…

Explores unique issues and concerns facing lesbian women in U.S. culture. Examines theoretical issues and effective therapeutic interventions in counseling lesbians. Specific content areas highlighted include lesbian identity development and management; interpersonal and couple issues; and specific problems such as substance abuse, domestic…

Sees cognitive therapy as promising psychosocial intervention for treatment of depression. Notes that, although cognitive therapy appears to be at least equal to alternative interventions with respect to acute treatment and there are indications that it may reduce risk of symptom return after treatment termination, design limitations reduce…

Describes methods and concepts for empirically evaluating pertinence or suitability of therapist's interventions to patient's problems, needs, and treatment goals. Presents intensive studies of two brief psychotherapy cases in which patient-initiated critical incidents were identified, case-specific accuracy of therapist's responses was rated, and…

Focuses on psychotherapy studies completed at Vanderbilt University which had their antecedents in research begun by Strupp in 1950s. Notes that Vanderbilt I focused on relative contribution of specific and nonspecific factors in therapy, while Vanderbilt II sought to study the effects of training in time-limited dynamic psychotherapy on process…

During the last 20 years, the Netherlands has established a name for itself throughout the gay communities in the world as a tolerant country for homosexuality. This document addresses some theoretical issues that play a major role in gay affirmative counseling and psychotherapy in the Netherlands and discusses some examples of the work in the…

A humanistically-oriented dynamic approach for the treatment of depression in older persons is presented. A multi-level therapeutic model of treatment is discussed in detail. Included are initiation of the therapeutic relationship, specific tools for problem-solving, relationship building, and insight, termination, transference, and…

Presents an integrative model, Adaptive Counseling and Therapy (ACT), for selecting a progression of therapist styles as clients move through developmental stages during the course of counseling and psychotherapy. ACT is intended to be useful to practitioners in case conceptualization and in the application of effective treatment planning.…

Provides detailed information on anxiety management training, a relaxation-based, self-control therapy for the treatment of generalized anxiety, phobias, anger, and other stress-related disorders. Describes in detail the specific procedures of anxiety management training, summarizes research findings, and outlines means for deciding on proper use…

Discusses the borderline adolescent in terms of diagnostic perspectives, characteristic features based on disturbed object relations, and treatment. Based on clinical observations, the diagnosis of borderline personality is considered to be compatible with a schizophrenic disorder. Day-treatment and individual therapy are considered from a…

Reviews the types of elective mutism and proposes common characteristics of elective mutists' families. Examines the potential for a redefinition of the term "elective mutism." Concludes that family dynamics are an integral part of the problem and need to be considered in a comprehensive treatment plan. (BH)

Describes models dealing with metatheory, group work, and client functioning level, and presents suggestions for integrating the models into a comprehensive system. A three-dimensional affective-cognitive-behavioral schema is suggested for guiding the selection of specific theories. (Author/JAC)

Presents a preliminary study of psychotherapy and treatment of evangelical Christians. Therapeutic strategies taking into account the unique characteristics of this population are discussed in light of four stages in the development of the helping relationship. (Author/BEF)