Reviews the trend in health care toward increasing levels of specialization and draws a distinction between specialization and reductionism. A theory of holistic counseling is derived from social learning and transpersonal psychology. (Author)

The author offers a brief introduction to some of the basic tenets of Gestalt therapy, noting goals that are similar to those in counseling theories. He also suggests several interventions from Gestalt therapy to be considered for group counseling and discusses their applications. (Author)

The author reflects with tongue in cheek on how a facilitator's desire to be facilitative may obscure the line between wishful thinking and common sense. (Author)

Article discusses a model which enables students to evaluate their beliefs and attitudes toward studying and become more effective students. (Author)

Special emphasis is given to the potential of mental images in the tapping of creative energy and other positive aspects of the "higher self" that may enhance daily living. These uses of mental imagery have significant implications for contemporary counselors. (Author)

A sound counselor accountability system would collate counselor accomplishments with costs. It would define the domain of counselor responsibilities, use student behavior changes as evidence of counselor accomplishments, state counselor activities as costs, promote self-improvement, permit reports of failures and unknown outcomes, be designed by…

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

This study compared the empathy ratings of trained and untrained counselors in different situations: counseling by telephone, in a confessional type arrangement, and face to face. Although trained counselors scored significantly higher empathic understanding ratings than untrained counselors, there was little difference among the ratings for the…

Illustrated is the significance of metaphysics for counseling, by presentation of the principal tenets of one metaphysical position, personalistic idealism, and by delineation of some implications for counseling that flow from an adherence to this metaphysical view. (Author)

This article presents an interview with Robert Hoppock in which he discusses how he first became involved with occupational information, he presents his views on some of the happenings in vocational counseling today, and he assesses his own contributions. (HMV)

Counseling strategies employed by practitioners have, by necessity, often been the result of subjective observation and intuition. This article discusses a "common sense" technique--the use of lay psychology books--and proposes guidelines for use of the procedure as a viable counseling strategy. (Author)

Describes the use of poetry in group sessions to help members identify and express feelings and to explore new ways of being. The author hopes, through illustration, to stimulate counselors and therapists in various settings to include poetry as part of communication, healing, and growth. (Author)

This article suggests that the counselor, the client, and the counseling strategies employed must be systematically examined in order to maximize the effectiveness of counseling. The authors introduce the Interpersonal Maturity Level Typology as a vehicle through which this can be accomplished. (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)

The multimodal model uses the acronym BASIC ID to identify areas of client functioning that frequently need to be treated. The D mode includes drugs, diet, and other physiological factors. This article describes the evolution of the D mode and shows the importance of a physiological dimension to multimodal counseling. (Author)