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Moyer, Thomas R. – American Psychologist, 2006
Comments on "Psychotherapy, classism, and the poor: Conspicuous by their absence" by Laura Smith (see record 2005-11834-002). This article might have improved Smith's argument that prejudice and oppression (classism) are significant obstacles preventing the poor from receiving psychological services if she had presented evidence to…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Social Discrimination, Psychotherapy, Social Class
Nichols, William C. – 1996
Directed at practitioners and students of family therapy, this book presents a treatment framework that is compatible with a wide variety of therapeutic techniques. Focusing on the development over time of the family life cycles--from marriages in formation to the "postparental couple"--this book explores the unique challenges and opportunities…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Developmental Stages, Divorce, Family Attitudes
Chambliss, Catherine; Magakis, George – 1996
Incorporating films in abnormal psychology courses often helps to enliven the class and engage students in the diagnostic process. This summary of films that have been effectively incorporated by clinical instructors may be of value to those wishing to enhance their classroom presentations of these content areas. Although use of mass-marketed…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Film Study
Sexton, Thomas L., Ed.; Griffin, Barbara L., Ed. – 1997
Constructivists believe that counselors and therapists help clients with the construction of knowledge by helping clients expand their alphabet into more flexible, viable, and complex acts of telling (language, conversations, narratives). Ways in which professionals can deconstruct the fundamental assumptions of the mental health professions and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Cognitive Psychology, Constructivism (Learning), Counseling Techniques
Hamilton, Kristin L. – 1994
Maladaptive eating behaviors are a growing phenomenon which has captured the interest of not only health and psychology professionals, but also the general public. This paper examines the various types of treatment and counseling approaches for treating anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Definitions for both disorders are provided, followed by…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness
Silver, Rawley A. – 1991
This book describes the use of drawing in therapy. Stimulus drawings (SDs) and techniques were developed in the 1960s for use with deaf children at a time when manual communication was forbidden in their schools. During the 1970s, the drawings were expanded for use with learning-disabled children, adult stroke-patients, and others with…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, Creative Expression, Evaluation
Copeland, Camille C.; And Others – 1994
Listening requires a great awareness of self, words, facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and eye contact. This article examines the importance of these factors in the development of the therapeutic relationship. Among some of the characteristics of effective listening treated here are qualities within the client/therapist…
Descriptors: Attention, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Attitudes
Morse, Philip S. – 1991
A study analyzed the extent to which writing teachers in conferencing situations employ the communication techniques used by professional helping agents. A metatheory of communication techniques developed by Allen Ivey and associates which attempts to combine and synthesize the relevant psychotherapeutic and counseling techniques in the profession…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Counseling
Pretzer, James L. – 1983
Historically, the literature on psychotherapy with borderline personality disorder has been based on object-relations theory or psychoanalytical approaches, rather than cognitive and behavioral approaches. In clinical assessment, the term borderline has been used to refer to patients with both neurotic and psychotic symptoms, a particular type of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Objectives
Fraenkel, William A. – 1990
One clinical psychologist worked with terminally ill, end-stage Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients in a hospice type setting for an 18-month time period. Interventions included individual psychotherapy, mental status assessments, staff group sessions, and supportive services for families and significant others. During that time,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Clinical Psychology, Counseling Techniques
Birky, Ian – 1982
To explore the relationship between pre-therapy information and perceptions of therapy by prospective clients, a total of 192 black subjects and white subjects, equally divided by race and sex, were presented pre-therapy information, observed an initial therapy session, and then rated the therapist and predicted the overall therapy duration.…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Students, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Qualifications
Schmedlen, George W.; And Others – 1987
A key task for the therapist in psychotherapy is to build trust and rapport with the client. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioners believe that matching the sensory modality (representational system) of a client's predicates (verbs, adverbs, and adjectives) improves rapport. In this study, 16 volunteer subjects participated in two…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), College Students, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship
Baer, Melanie – 1986
With the addition of the Board of Ethnic Minority Affairs to the American Psychological Association and the observation that greater numbers of ethnic minorities are seeking psychological treatment, a growing area of research has been related to ethnic issues in psychotherapy. Many empirical studies have been conducted comparing psychotherapy…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship
Pakizegi, B. – 1985
A developmental dialectical approach to understanding and working with lower and middle class damaged parents--those identified as abusive and neglectful--has specific features and implications. The approach suggests that (1) the personality characteristics and interpersonal relations of parents are inseparable from their social conditions; (2)…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Intervention, Locus of Control
Coleman, Marion Tolbert – 1988
Casa de Esperanza, Incorporated, is a program which provides residential care to severely disturbed children, ages birth to 6 years. The philosophy of the program is to provide care to the disturbed child and counseling to the parents so that the child may return to the parental home once the crisis is past. The children are cared for in shelter…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Counseling Services, Emotional Disturbances, Family Problems
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