Responds to previous article by Ridley et al. which presents Multicultural Program Development Pyramid, five-tiered framework outlining stages of multicultural counselor training program development. Commends Ridley et al. for keeping issues surrounding multicultural counselor training (MCT) alive, but expresses concern that too few counselor…

Presents issues related to counseling psychologists' role in health care settings in response to previous articles by Alcorn and Altmaier. Discusses psychologists' contributions in the measurement area, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary treatment, lack of social influence of counseling psychologists, and loss of independence of counseling…

Reacts to four previous articles on counseling psychology and sport psychology. Voices concerns about coherence and boundaries of counseling psychology's scientific and practice bases, efficient use of training resources, how much can be accomplished within predoctoral curricula, and how to work in tandem with those in other psychological…

Reacts to four previous articles on sport psychology and counseling psychology. Commends articles but questions lack of any significant reference to minority athlete, considering that articles focused on college athletics, that football and basketball are instrumental to college sport, and that participation of African-American athletes is…

Commends the stress-coping meta-analysis (Matheny, et al) and addresses some of the questions which are raised. Discusses three major issues: stage of stress, types of stressors, and dealing with situations where the stressor cannot be objectively eliminated. (KS)

Reviews Stone and Archer's article "College and University Counseling Centers in the 1990s: Challenges and Limits." Contends a full discussion of strategic philosophy for the development of a suitable paradigm for counseling center functioning in the coming decade of important changes is missing. (ABL)

Reviews Stone and Archer's article "College and University Counseling Centers in the 1990s: Challenges and Limits." Claims the role of a college counseling center is to help the community at large understand what is happening with students and their problems, concerns, and developmental tasks. (ABL)

Reviews Stone and Archer's article "College and University Counseling Centers in the 1990s: Challenges and Limits." Discusses importance of effective leadership and management to meet the challenges outlined. (Author/ABL)

Reviews Stone and Archer's article "College and University Counseling Centers in the 1990s: Challenges and Limits." Criticizes the article for not being future-oriented enough. (ABL)

Responds to articles by McCann, Sakheim, and Abrahamson and by Downing concerning victimization, noting that the plight of victims is easily overlooked by human service professionals and commending this journal issue devoted to issues of victimization. Identifies four other areas worthy of attention: massive victimization, secondary victimization,…

Responds to previous articles on counseling psychology and health service by raising issues for consideration concerning involvement of health psychology in health care. Considers the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions, the impact of new services on health care costs, and the role of counseling psychologists in relation to other…

Responds to model presented in previous article on counseling the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected client. Sees model as capable of dictating many entry points for the counseling psychologist in the lives of HIV-1-infected individuals. As an alternative, presents a less-inclusive model targeted to a specific population (HIV-1-infected…

Responds to model presented in previous article on counseling the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected client. Discusses ethical issues related to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Concludes that careful analysis of interests at stake and appreciation of changing sociomedical context in which they arise are requisite to ethical…

Responds to major contribution on counseling with children (Wagner, this issue), calling it a compendium of activities that are traditionally ascribed to elementary school counselors, and criticizing it for avoiding the critical issues of the present decade. Sees disproportionately large amount of space devoted to divorce and calls for more…

Presents a resposne to the Matheny et al stress-coping meta-analysis by focusing on application of their theory. Suggests the incorporation of an additional dimension, namely personality type. Discusses preventive and combative coping, and implications for treatment and research. (KS)