Being black and disabled are characteristics which are frequently rejected by the larger society. When counselors and black disabled clients come together, they usually bring different life experiences because of physical abilities and race. There may be more similarities if both the client and counselor are disabled or both are of the same race.…

Because cancer patients and their families have special psychological needs that are not always met through medical care, the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University established the Cancer Patient Support Program (CPSP) at the Oncology Research Center. Services provided by the CPSP's 2 professional counselors and approximately 35…

Reviews literature on major issues pertaining to computer use in counseling and, based on these issues, makes suggestions as to how the computer can be used to strengthen the counseling profession. Ten issues are examined and responses are given which address each issue. (NB)

Presents a comprehensive view of the societal, cultural, familial, and personality factors that form the context of people at risk for incest and associated problems. Summarizes the consequences and the causal context of incest and describes an ecosystems approach to intervention. (Author/LLL)

Examined the manner in which doctoral-level counseling psychology students (N=27) formulated conceptualizations of a client. Results showed strategies were associated with amount of previous counseling experience and extent of formal training. Results also found counselors' confidence to be related to gender and amount of exposure to the client.…

Students were assigned to treatment or control sections of a university course in individual counseling to evaluate the effectiveness of procedures to increase sex-fair counseling. Effectiveness was evidenced by the experimental group's more liberal attitudes toward women's roles, greater sensitivity to sex bias, and more positive clinical…

Investigated whether particualr types of patients benefit from a given level of a professed technique. High scores on empathic warmth and uncovering appear to be more helpful for patients with neurotic and personality trait disorder diagnoses. Low scores on directiveness seemed to be associated with effectiveness. (Author)

Differential responses to termination were found to be a function of the interaction of therapist sex and therapeutic orientation. Female therapists not of psychoanalytic orientation became more anxious at termination. (Author/JAC)

Counselor's multicultural counseling competence has been highlighted as an important ingredient in creating positive counseling outcomes when the clients are ethnic and racial minorities. The use of experiential activities in general, and games in particular, is presented as a potentially useful strategy to instill and enhance multicultural…

Examines the structure and construct validity of a therapists' intentions form. Ten therapists rated their therapeutic intentions following each of 2,305 therapy sessions. Seven conceptually coherent clusters of intentions were identified: treatment context, session structure, affect, obstacles, encouraging change, behavior, and cognition-insight.…

Discusses, from a feminist perspective, issues of anger, power, autonomy, and gender role stereotyping and their importance for women in counseling relationships. Reviews recommendations for training counselors in feminist or nonsexist therapy. (Author)

Discusses issues surrounding menopause, with the idea that counselors are in an ideal position to help change attitudes toward viewing menopause as a time of positive change rather than a time of psychological distress. Reviews historical, sociological, psychological, and attitudinal factors that account for negative responses associated with…

Four studies examined role of philosophical commitments in directing preferences for types of counseling. First study provides partial support for relationship between epistemic commitments and preferences for types of counseling. Studies 2 and 3 extend findings, and study 4 provides tentative support for possibility that counselor trainees…

Surveys 108 mental health counselors about their experiences and perceptions of the impact of managed care on their work and the effects of managed care on their compliance with professional ethics. The majority reported that managed care has negatively affected their work and that the protection of the confidentiality of client disclosures has…

This editorial introduces a special section devoted to chronicling the responses of art therapists after the September 11th attacks. The section contains 10 articles from therapists in New York City, New Jersey, Long Island, Washington, DC, and California. Articles include stories of the reactions of the therapists as well as their work with…