Responds to recent article in "Counseling Psychologist" (Rowe, Bennett, and Atkinson, 1994) that criticized white racial identity development (WRID) conceptualizations. Contends that Rowe et al.'s criticisms were based on misrepresentations of Helms's (1990) WRID theory and, therefore, were unsubstantiated. Attempts to correct misrepresentations…

Examines four major assumptions about change (accommodation, hope, truth, divine agent) which undergird Christian counseling. Discusses assumptions' application for therapy and research. Argues lack of careful assumptive reflection among theorists of Christian therapy leads to numerous pragmatic and scientific difficulties, including dearth of…

Presents a reaction to major contribution articles from this issue of "The Counseling Psychologist" (2000, [this issue]). Maintains that the articles provide an excellent introduction for counselors to the field of prevention. Discusses problems concerning the definitions of prevention and the overwhelming need for primary prevention and…

A review of the three articles on feminist identity development in this issue indicates that (a) the Feminist Identity Development Scale (FIDS) and the Feminist Identity Composite (FIC) perform similarly and acceptably in psychometric analyses, (b) no research has properly tested whether there are true stages of feminist identity development, and…

Article provides a discussion of failures by a successful psychologist. By communication of these failures, the author hopes to prevent others from experiencing such failures. (Author/EK)

Sugggests that because the subject matter of psychology (i.e., human beings) is different from natural sciences, the model of psychological research, adapted from the sciences, may not be appropriate for understanding human behavior. Two human capacities, reflexivity and values, are discussed and their implications for science are delineated. (JAC)

The author sees Kemp's views on counselor preparation as most interesting. One would hope that much of what he suggests about developing insights into man through literature and other creative arts would take place as part of every college student's undergraduate endeavors. (Author/BY)

The author directs his review of Kemp's Existential Counseling" toward a concern with the implication that existential therapy is a proposed successor to other forms of therapy including psychoanalysis. (Author/BY)

Addresses the questionable need of the concept of "the ego" as presented by Schafer and others. The concepts of ego and ego development remain useful, the former to cover the person's striving for meaning and self-consistency, and the latter to cover aspects of character formation, interpersonal relations, and self-conception. (Author/BEF)

Many of the serious public health problems affecting U.S. citizens and the global community can be addressed by prevention science and practice. Instructive standards or guidance for prevention work have largely been missing from the professional literature. Despite empirical evidence that prevention works, the epidemiological literature continues…

Addresses prospect of approaching clinical inquiry as a scientific activity and considering counseling practice as a context for scientific training of counseling psychologists. Discusses problems in attempting to find common ground between clinical teaching and research training. Proposes that scientific training needs to include development of…

At several points in the history of their field, counseling psychologists have emphasized that fostering human strengths is part of their mission. Vocational psychology is an area of counseling psychology that has focused consistently on human strengths. In keeping with the Major Contribution's theme, this article examines the following: (a)…

Sometimes, it is difficult for a profession to move forward because its members interpret emerging conceptual models from the perspective of old frameworks. Each of the five reactants in this issue of "The Counseling Psychologist" interpreted the strength-based counseling model within their own self-adopted framework--Adlerian psychology, role…

Responds to Mahoney and Lyddon's review in previous article and notes that it clarifies differences between rationalist and constructivist approaches to cognitive theory. Asserts that principles of constructivist therapy are highly consistent with principles of experiential therapy. (NB)

Presents an information processing view of personal problem solving which involves how people take in information, process information into plans for solutions to personal problems, and carry out plans. Presents a definition of "problem." Offers suggestions for research and for counseling. (Author/NB)