Increasing demands upon the time of the professional school counselor combined with the call by the American School Counselor Association to provide direct services to students may lead many in the profession to wonder from what theoretical standpoint(s) they can best meet these lofty goals. I propose a two phase approach combining person-centered…

Based on the core conditions of client-centered counseling and supported by aspects of psychodynamic, cognitive developmental, and behavioral theories, a perspective is introduced that provides a resolution to the dilemma experienced by counselors and counseling students whose personal values and beliefs conflict with the ethical guidelines of the…

Prepared by a group of counselors in New York, this position paper states the duties and responsibilities of school counselors taking an activist role. (BY)

This article discusses transpersonal approaches to counseling with emphasis on the possibilities of using suggestion, relaxation, hypnosis, imagery, and dreams. (Author)

Environmental manipulation is a technique that can be utilized by counselors to supplement regular counseling activities. One expression of this technique involves working with that environment of the student which comprises other students, teachers and administrators. Other methods and results are discussed. (Author)

By enhancing the teachers' competencies in managing student behavior, the consultant sought to reduce the number of children needing counseling. Such consultation is both preventative and problem-oriented. (JC)

In this article, the author describes the major problems facing our society and sets the stage for the alternative styles of counseling by presenting them in this issue. Atkin asks us to rethink the entire counseling profession and to reexamine the relationship between counselor and client. (Author)

The author suggests that a counselor's emphasis should be on flexibility of approach. A counseling system should include physical as well as verbal and artistic means of communication. The educational system should be as concerned with psychomotor aspects of learning as with affective and cognitive aspects. (Author)

The results indicate that under special conditions providing prior information to the client concerning the directive nondirective character of interviewer behavior during the initial diagnostic interview influences client satisfaction, leads to client mediated changes in interviewer behavior, and increases the probability that the client will at…

Catalytic counseling is a method of dealing with and thinking about multiple options. Presenting a guidance information system to students is not enough. The counselor must help students to think about change and about alternatives. What is needed most in guidance today is constant innovation in order to be catalytic for all students. (Author)

A review of recent innovations in counseling style is presented along with an analysis of the advantages of these innovations over the more traditional counseling framework when dealing with disadvantaged clients. The authors recommend the use of these new, directive methods for the effective counseling of these groups. (Author)

Counseling is one of the processes through which men and women may learn to take increasing responsibility for their self-creation as they apply what they learn in classrooms and elsewhere to their life-planning. Counseling is a learning process. Each person is in the process of creating his or her own life; this process will be enhanced by high…