Dialectical thinking is a modality that may be able to improve the quality of counselor training when introduced into theory courses. Presents a dialectical look at counseling theories and discusses teaching techniques. Teaching suggestions are offered. (KW)

Used a solution-oriented therapeutic group process in which substance abuse clients' projections into the future help provide a more manageable present. Reunion groups are created by group members and facilitators, who act as if clients have been successful in their lives for a specified time period and that participants are returning for a…

Adapts Mary Gergen's (Contemporary Social Psychology, 1988) five central tenets of a feminist research method into an approach for teaching graduate students how to use theory. Includes specific examples of how each of these feminist tenets might be applied. (DSK)

Examines whether problem-solving appraisal plays a role in recovery from depression in a university population (N=66). Results were consistent with the hypothesis that self-appraised effective problem solvers would be more likely to recover from a depressive episode than self-appraised ineffective problem solvers. (Contains 29 references.)…

In this article, the author presents an overview of the qualitative research approach termed grounded theory (B. G. Glaser, 1978, 1992; B. G. Glaser & A. L. Strauss, 1967; A. L. Strauss, 1987; A. L. Strauss & J. Corbin, 1990, 1998). The author first locates the method conceptually and paradigmatically (paradigms) and then outlines the procedures…

In her strength-based model to train counseling psychologists, Smith (2006 [this issue]) criticizes deficit models of counseling. Rather than focusing on at-risk adolescents' victim status, she argues that counseling psychologists should concentrate on identifying at-risk youths' cultural and individual strengths. One can infer from her new…

Presents an updated summary of the basic propositions of a relationship-centered approach. Places this approach in the larger context of current counseling research and suggests implications and recommendations for theory, research, and practice. Findings from process and outcome research support the relationship-centered integration. Discusses…

Uses an integrated, unified framework based on object relations theory and research to provide specific and practical understanding of survivor revictimization. Focuses on revictimization dynamics, revictimization research, the survivor's world of revictimization, and treatment implications based on that framework. Offers a case study to elaborate…

Discusses the components of a new methodology--consensual qualitative research (CQR)--which uses words to describe phenomena and which recognizes the importance of context. Locates CQR within the qualitative research tradition and details ways to develop a focused topic area, choose a team, attend to group dynamics, and other important issues.…

Offers methodological and epistemological suggestions regarding consensual qualitative research (CQR). Discusses the scope of CQR, the illusion of representativeness, dialogical understanding, the problem of commonality as a goal, and difficulties with the CQR consensus procedure. Epistemological concerns include the nature of truth, objective…

Explicates a model that delineates seven levels so as to explain the interface among theory, conceptualization, and intervention. Discusses how the model can be applied to a clinical case and describes its implications for graduate student training, psychotherapy practice, and the field in general. (RJM)

Provides a descriptive analysis of recent demographic population estimates for Chicanos in the United States. Examines variables such as immigration, language, education, family, geographic distribution, socioeconomic issues, and age. Implications for counseling, research, and policy for the Chicano population are discussed, as are the…

This article discusses training issues related to the new paradigm proposed by Robitschek and DeBell, in which vocational topics in counseling psychology are viewed as primary issues and contextual factors in people's lives. Specifically, the new paradigm is conceptualized as a truly integrative career-personal perspective in the training of…

The articles in this major contribution on counseling psychology in schools demonstrate that developmental-contextualism is a metatheoretical framework that is relevant and useful for the work of counseling psychologists. The actual utility of the framework depends on the user's having a clear understanding of its basic constructs and underlying…

Reacts to a new methodology: consensual qualitative research (CQR). Provides an outline of the historical debate on psychological research methods, explains the distinction between discovery-oriented and verification-oriented research, and labels the CQR approach as a discovery-oriented design. Questions the CQR's emphasis on consensus and…