This article outlines a graduate-level, one-time-only family therapy course that prepares counseling trainees to be competent at entry-level family therapy in the United States. The approach outlined addresses the training concerns of programs that significantly emphasize individual-focused paradigms and that have limited time to train counseling…

Rex Stockton reflects on group work as it was during his early career in the 1960s and 1970s and as it is today. He comments on his service to the group work field, his research on feedback exchange and leader training, and future trends and directions in group work. Additionally, he discusses some of his interests and contributions outside of the…

The present article is a response to May's (2004) commentary on our original article: "A Look at EMDR: Technique, Research and Use with College Students." May (2004) points out the controversial nature of the research on EMDR, and we agree. We continue to hold, however, that EMDR is a promising treatment for use in college counseling centers with…

There have been some challenges to the reliance upon data from randomised controlled clinical trials when identifying "evidence-based" psychotherapy treatments. Similarly, data show that use of treatment manuals does not result in uniform and beneficial outcomes, that some evidence-based treatments are little better than non-specific…

A model has been developed for using role play in the supervision and training of hypnotherapy. Specific techniques can be role played by trainee and supervisor which can enable the trainee to develop skill and confidence in the use of hypnotic techniques. Hypnotic induction, listening, observing and providing feedback, relaxation,…

This report describes a set of strategies counselors can use to provide a "psychoanalytically governed hearing" of client communication. It discusses listening and organizing and describes strategies of analytic listening, including listening for the unusual and listening for theoretically relevant material. It is suggested that counselors…

Hotlines, or telephone crisis-lines, begun in the 1960s and currently numbering in the hundreds provide assistance to callers in crisis, frequently around the clock. Crisis-line communication can be seen as a form of mediated therapeutic communication premised on the existence of a crisis and the medium of the telephone which shapes the…

Asserts that cognitive therapies are concerned with human affective experience, but not limited to conscious, rational, affectively-neutral concerns or difficulties. Cites examples of healthy programs of research and theoretical development in cognitive psychology. These therapies hold promise for integrating theoretical and empirical work in…

Presents a brief model which integrates an individual, cognitive-behavioral approach with a strategic approach to therapy, at both pragmatic and theoretical levels. Justifies the selective use of behavioral frames in strategic therapy in this Strategic-Behavioral model, and offers guidelines for their selective application. Presents and discusses…

Provides detailed information on systematic desensitization, describing in detail the procedures of imaginal desensitization. Briefly describes variants of group, in vivo, massed, and self-administered desensitization. Outlines guidelines for appropriate selection and use of desensitization and presents sampling of research findings with diversity…

Outlines theoretical assumptions and research base for rational restructuring, cognitive-behavioral intervention procedure for reducing certain anxiety-related disorders, such as various forms of social-evaluative anxiety (social anxiety, unassertiveness, public speaking, test anxiety). Describes intervention procedures within consultation session…

Assessed suitability of therapist interventions in psychotherapy by studying transcripts of three psychodynamic psychotherapies. Interpretations in the therapies were identified and categorized as transference or nontransference, then rated for suitability. Patient productivity was rated using the Experiencing Scale. Suitability of interpretations…

Explores the application of the therapeutic strategic rite and explains its efficacy from a cognitive perspective. (Author)

Assessed whether depressed geriatric patients (N=33) would respond to group psychotherapy and, if they would respond differently to cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic modes. Results indicated that patients showed statistically and clinically significant reductions on observer-rated measures of depression and anxiety, as well as on self-report…

Draws on three literatures to clarify the nature of preference and to establish its relationships to expectation and similarity in the context of a participatory psychotherapy and counseling model. The effects of not meeting needs, not honoring preferences, and disconfirming expectations are seen as important considerations for therapy process and…