This article elaborates on three themes related to Szymanski, Moffitt, and Carr's major contribution aims. First, the article describes the promise of objectification theory as a grounding framework in research and practice, outlining how this theory integrates key aspects of several other important theoretical models. Second, this article…

Issues of sexual orientation are relevant to multiple levels of the school community, including students, school professionals, and schools as institutions. School counselors, with their developmental training, systems perspective, and commitment to diversity, are uniquely positioned to be leaders in efforts not only to provide support for…

Helping professionals can have an impact upon their clients and their client's world through a well-developed and thought-through approach. But values must be the first priority in both thought and action. (Author)

This interview between psychologists and a member of the Gay Liberation Front focuses on referral to a gay organization as one of the options a gay client might use to gain peer relationships. (Author)

This study dealt with the perceptions of eight University of Maryland counselors of the sex-related problems of female Maryland students. Five of the eight counselors felt that some students have not had an adequate sex education or adequate information about contraception. The counselors rated decisions involving whether to engage in premarital…

Present-day prognosis of the outcome of psychosexual therapy is so uncertain that it is ethically unjust either to force individuals into therapy or to deny it to them. Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco, 13 December 1975. (Author)

A questionnaire was administered to three groups: 21 therapists counseling incestuous families, 30 counselors working in settings other than those dealing with incest, and 30 members of the general public. The results of an analysis of variance indicated that there were significant differences between the counselors and members of the general…