New trends in transcultural theory, expanded cultural paradigms, innovative counseling techniques for working with diverse ethnic groups, and a comprehensive discussion of professional issues are presented in this second edition of a popular text. This edition is designed to support curriculum changes in counselor education programs to maximize…

Examined the relationship between beginning therapists' personalities and their evaluations of three divergent family therapy styles. Sixty clinical and counseling psychology students completed the Adjective Checklist and three friends/family members rated them. Self-rated personality factors of dominant-masculinity and nurturant-femininity were…

Examined responses of psychologists and psychiatrists in medical schools (N=59) to vignettes representing student problems. Results suggested practitioners were generally unwilling to break confidentiality in response to problems involving suicidal tendencies, sexual coercion/seduction, social transgressions, or falsifying data. Only suggestions…

Client and counselor perceptions of empathy were examined at different stages in the counseling process, in relation to the verbal response modes used by counselors in 24 client-counselor dyads. Client and counselor perceptions of counselor empathy differed, with clients finding counselors who used fewer general advisements more empathetic.…

Examines two ethical issues involved in the inclusion of spiritual issues in counseling. Outlines appropriate areas for and means of spiritual exploration with clients. Examines the general resistance among counselors to use of this form of intervention. (Author)

Describes a contradiction in the language used to discuss the counseling relationship: specifically the caring, collegial imagery used to describe the ideal relationship versus the rhetoric used to characterize counselor expectations of and experiences with client behavior. Notes some consequences of this contradiction. (Author/RC)

Investigated effect of clients' sex on psychotherapists' treatment recommendations. Clients' sex influenced only one treatment recommendation. Psychologists were more likely to recommend vocational counseling for same-sex clients than for opposite-sex clients. More experienced therapists rated male clients as more severely disturbed than female…

Describes some characteristics of women interested in skilled trades careers. Demonstrates counselor attitudes and responses in counseling women who are interested in nontraditional careers, including the direct-discount approach, the rational protective approach, the subversive-support approach, and the expansive-facilitating approach. (RC)

Argues that managed care approaches are part of a larger cultural problem--the loss of soul. Discusses how managed care may force counselors to rely on codified approaches and limited interventions, such as problem-solving and solution-focused counseling, which can stifle imaginative ways of working with clients. (RJM)

Discusses challenges in treating adult survivors of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and how the relationship with God can either psychologically promote healing or maintain an abusive cycle. Argues that clinicians must understand the dynamic bonding process between abuser and survivor and how this relationship is typically transferred to…

Describes the religious and spiritual dimensions of African American culture and offers strategies, such as metaphor and music, for incorporating these strategies into counseling. Examines the difference between religion and spirituality, provides an overview of African Americans' spiritual traditions, and profiles the neglect of religion and…

Provides review of self-monitoring theory and research for counselors and supervisors, discussing its implications for counseling relationships. Reviews research on characteristics of successful counselors. Suggests implications of self-monitoring for counseling supervision. (NB)

Considers various ways that values enter into counseling or psychotherapy, with particular attention to goals of the process and methods or procedures by which counselor or therapist implements process. Suggests approach to counseling and psychotherapy that recognizes and incorporates values basic to democratic philosophy and the goal of…

Differentiates skills needed for work with multicultural families from skills needed for mainstream Anglo-American families. Notes that multicultural family therapist needs to be more aware of cultural diversity, more sensitive to differences in cultural nuances by avoiding stereotyping, and more flexible than in dealing with mainstream families.…

Explores some of the challenges now resident in cross-cultural consultation. Emphasizes the fact that cross-cultural consultants must be aware of their personal values and biases, be culturally empathic, be aware of their consulting model, and be able to make culturally sensitive adaptations to their approach to consultation. (RJM)