This article looks at the current literature's conflicting views of the counselor, both as a person and in his professional function. Areas of confusion regarding the functions of the counselor are related to the teacher-counselor issue, the professional functions of the counselor, and the basic purpose of counseling. (Author)

This article describes some of the philosophical and practical problems concerning personal values and professional ethics that counselors encounter in their work, discusses ethical problems in counseling research and practice, and points out some of the differences among various types of deliberate influence and implicit influence. (Author)

Ethical practice in counseling should mean more than remedying past mistakes. Counselors must give certain philosophical and procedural questions constant attention to check on the validity for the present of long held ideas. In this way emerging issues can be identified before impossible situations are created. (Author)

Many counselors need and want to reach more students through effective consultation with teachers. The use of systematic procedures should aid the counselor in developing the consulting relationship. Systematic consulting procedures, along with the all-important attitude of the consultant, are illustrated through two cases. (Author)

This article discusses transpersonal approaches to counseling with emphasis on the possibilities of using suggestion, relaxation, hypnosis, imagery, and dreams. (Author)

The author describes her counseling style with the aging, which is designed to provide an atmosphere of understanding and sharing in order to foster their growth. (Author)

Facets in the revolution in counselling female clients are explored. New counselor training programs are required to meet the needs of emerging client populations. Training programs, outlined, provide guidelines for sex-fair education for all counselors and more intensive training for counselors specializing in counseling of women. (Author/BEF)

Presents a conceptual model of and strategies for counseling on issues of personal loss. Problems appear when grieving is not allowed to proceed naturally. Counseling should aim to identify the need for and facilitate the process of grieving so clients are not overwhelmed. (Author)

This article describes an innovative, child-oriented, self-development project that gives the child major responsibility for assessing his own developmental neeeds. (Author)

In this article, the author describes the major problems facing our society and sets the stage for the alternative styles of counseling by presenting them in this issue. Atkin asks us to rethink the entire counseling profession and to reexamine the relationship between counselor and client. (Author)

By shifting the focus of their work toward taking risks and sharing ideas, counselors may gain the kind of satisfaction that will result in renewed professional dedication. (Author)

This special issue of P & G provides an overview of the psychological education movement and its implications for the practicing counselor. Psychological education is a relatively new discipline, but it is already providing important levers to help counselors refocus their efforts and increase their effectiveness. (Author)

A counseling relationship involving an Asian-American client may be highly deceptive, because very real cultural conflicts are often camouflaged. Many counselors do not attend to important concerns because the apparent acculturation of the counselee makes it appear that any kind of cultural conflict either has already been resolved or never…