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Kitchener, Richard F.; Ward, L. Charles – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
The view that behavior therapists are ethical relativists is challenged. Behavior therapists hold no philosophical positions that preclude justification of ethical principles, but they must be "ethical skeptics." In response, it is argued that there is no basis for ethical skepticism or for this philosophical defense of behavior therapy.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Beliefs, Counseling Theories, Cultural Context

Ivey, Allen E. – Counseling Psychologist, 1981
Considers a person-environment approach as central to a metatheory of counseling and psychotherapy. Suggests counselors remain aware of the social and political frames of their work and the verbal and nonverbal communication between counselor and client. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Counselor Client Relationship