Albert Ellis refutes a review of the functional characteristics of Rational-Emotive Therapy given by Dugald S. Arbuckle. Ellis concludes that Arbuckle only minimally understands RET theory or the behaviors consequent to it. (PC)

The works of Kegan and Guidano have presented cognition and emotion as complementary modes of knowing that develop together. Cognition is conceived of as being concerned with the knowledge of reality, and emotions are conceptualized as people's system for knowing of their relationship to that reality. Adult children of dysfunctional families are a…

This paper, presented as a part of a symposium on the use of multiple therapies with a single client, conveys the author's personal experiences in making a gradual transition from psychodynamic therapy to a pragmatic blending of psychodynamic and behavioral treatment approaches. Two case studies are presented to illustrate the use of the two…

SINCE THERE ARE SOME WIDELY PREVALENT MISCONCEPTIONS OF CLIENT-CENTERED COUNSELING, ATTENTION IS CALLED TO WHAT CLIENT-CENTERED COUNSELING IS NOT. CONDITIONS WHICH THE CLIENT-CENTERED VIEW HOLDS ARE NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY ARE EMPATHIC UNDERSTANDING, UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD, AND SELF-CONGRUENCE. THESE ARE COMMON…

The report first examines relevances in the state, the federal government, business and industry, parents, the community, the school and students. The author selects the necessity of major social change as most relevant, because he considers the American society outstanding in physical technology but backward in social, humanistic and aesthetic…

The author shares his views concerning furthering the development of educational and vocational guidance services in developing countries. He discusses the importance of society, the family, and the individual; guidance philosophy; cultural compatibility of guidance and counseling; and guidance adaptations and their objectives. (CT)

This article explains that the phenomenological approach in counseling began as a movement to counterbalance the influence of psychoanalysis in psychotherapy and counseling. Phenomenology is defined as the study of the world as we immediately experience it, pre-reflectively rather than as we conceptualize, categorize, or reflect on it. Through…

A reliable criterion system was developed for responses to a follow-up questionnaire and precounseling goal check list to appraise the effects of counseling. (Author)

The counselor is important for effective functioning of a group. Many interactions evolve from his presence and the client's subsequent struggles to be dependent and independent. The various phases in this sturggle are explained as is their relation to Freudian theory. (EK)

An objectivistic philosophical conviction has prompted the author to abandon the "uh-huh response of existentialist counseling, and to do many things considered forbidden to counselors. The search for solutions, given as alternatives without advising or choosing, is a source of satisfaction to this counselor. Followed with a brief critical…

Techniques and procedures that have been used to facilitate vocational group counseling using the framework are described. (Author)