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Student Motivations for Undertaking a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling Course
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Holliday, Carol; Peacock, Fiona; Lewoski, Clair – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2018
Tutors of a child and adolescent psychotherapeutic counselling programme undertook a thematic analysis of five student assignments, from the same student cohort, designed to investigate their motives for undertaking the course. The assignments were thematically analysed utilising ideas derived from consensual qualitative research and narrative…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Psychotherapy, Assignments, Children
The Parent-Child Relationship Competencies: How Three Infant-Parent Psychotherapists Find Paths into Diverse Infant-Family Landscapes
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St. John, Maria Seymour – ZERO TO THREE, 2016
This article weaves the stories of three practitioner-family relationships and describes how the Parent-Child Relationship Competencies (PCRCs; St. John, 2010) function as a map for assessment and treatment planning. The PCRCs are a set of culturally variable yet universal bi-directional (parent-to-child and child-to-parent) relational capacities…
Descriptors: Competence, Parent Child Relationship, Infants, Parents
The Teacher in a Therapeutic Role: A Historical Perspective.
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Brand, Alice Glarden – Peabody Journal of Education, 1979
Teachers have more opportunities than other therapists to strengthen children's self-concepts and to promote mental health in students. (JD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Helping Relationship, Individual Development
The Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) Concepts of Self-Centeredness and Avoidance as Roots of Addiction: Support from Current Psychotherapies.
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Coll, Kenneth M. – 1994
The A.A. 12 steps have long been associated with effective helping, both in terms of recovery from chemical addiction and increasing mental health. Historically there has also been a philosophical division between A.A. oriented substance abuse counselors and the rest of the helping professionals. The purpose of this article is to suggest and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Theories, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
Integration of Formal, Nonformal and Informal Support Systems.
Pedersen, Paul – 1982
This paper presents a comprehensive three-dimensional view of counseling which incorporates nonformal and informal counseling modes. Several specific issues in cross-cultural counseling are cited and the distinction between the process of counseling and its functions is discussed. Case examples of the use of nonformal and informal counseling modes…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship
The Selection of Patients for Psychotherapy by College Students.
Bringmann, Wolfgang G.; Abston, Nathaniel, Jr. – 1981
Research on the cognitive activity of clinicians during the initial interview has revealed that mental health professionals are often guided by social stereotypes of attractiveness in their choice of patients for intensive individual or group psychotherapy. Specifically, YAVIS patients (young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, successful) are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship
Adulthood and Aging.
Thomas, Jeanne L. – 1992
This textbook is designed to introduce undergraduates to the scientific study of aging in adults. Among the topics covered in the book's 15 chapters are: approaches to the study of adult development and aging (research methodology and related issues, a life-span perspective, ethical issues); theories in the study of adult development (models of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences