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Teitelman, Jodi L.; Priddy J. Michael – 1985
Learned helplessness often precedes depression. The elderly are more likely than the general population to be faced with uncontrollable events which may bring on learned helplessness. Intervention by gerontological counselors has been useful in reducing effects of helplessness. With pseudohelplessness, persons act helpless in order to control…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role, Helplessness
Rosen, Carl L. – 1982
The disabled reader's measurably low success in processing print creates tension, stress, and increasingly negative perceptions of the reading act and of the reader's own beliefs about his or her personal competencies. The task of the reading specialist might be facilitated by conscious and increasingly skilled application of psychotherapeutic…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Theories
Billingsley, Donna; And Others – 1982
Since a 1970 study found differential mental health standards for men and women, studies evaluating the impact of such standards on psychotherapy treatment plans have been mixed. Two recent investigations were designed to correct for earlier problems in archival research, and a third was designed to correct for the analogue problem of using…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship
Strickler, Edwin – J Learning Disabilities, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Records, Emotional Problems, Exceptional Child Services
Greenspan, Stanley I., Ed.; Pollock, George H., Ed. – 1980
This volume is the second in "The Course of Life" series which contains original contributions from an international group of scientists and clinicians who have produced much of current knowledge about the phases of human personality development. These contributions cover the continuum of human development from the prenatal phase through…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adults, Developmental Stages
Knox, David – 1981
Behavior modification has been used in classrooms, industry, and marriage counseling. In behavioral family therapy, the therapist examines how family members learn undesirable behaviors, how they can unlearn these behaviors, and how they can learn more desirable behaviors. This type of therapy is a method of direct treatment in which goals are…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Contracts, Counseling Techniques
Stone, Gerald L. – 1981
This paper outlines some of the origins and functions of modeling within a human service training context, particularly counseling psychology, and discusses some of the consequences of modeling as a training method. The materials suggest that an emphasis on affective experience and behavioral methodologies has limited the potential of social…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Counselors, Higher Education, Human Services
Fellows, Joseph E.; Nooney, Jill – 1981
The role of the counselor in a secondary school is discussed. The goal of psychotherapy is to reacquaint the student with the forgotten feelings and memories that have blocked growth in certain areas. By listening actively and empathetically, the counselor creates an atmosphere of trust that enables the student to talk freely. With the guidance of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Anxiety, Counselor Client Relationship
Levy, Sandra Beth – 1981
As therapy relationships between female therapists and female clients become more prevalent, there is a need to address the attributes of these relationships. Psychoanalytic object relations theory and feminist theory can be used to arrive at a meaningful context for viewing the dimension of intimacy. Psychoanalytic literature on the mother/infant…
Descriptors: Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role, Females, Feminism
Yontef, Gary M. – 1981
When adequately elaborated, the basic method of Gestalt therapy can be traced to the phenomenological field theory of Gestalt psychology. Gestalt therapy differs from Gestalt psychology not because of a difference in philosophy or method, but because of different contexts; the clinical context has different demands than those of basic research.…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Processes, Counselor Client Relationship, Dialogs (Literary)
Sheehan, Edward – 1980
Clients who contact mental health centers but fail to follow through for treatment present a significant problem for therapists. Being able to predict which clients will not follow through with an initial therapy session could be very beneficial. At intake, subjects (N=27) who had requested service from a mental health center provided demographic…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Dropout Research, Expectation, Individual Characteristics
Todd, Thomas C. – 1980
This paper describes a strategic, paradoxical therapy approach useful in family therapy. A discussion of the criteria for case selection indicates the ideal profile to be a case which has been treated by several therapists, using various modalities, with virtually no change. Other indications of the need for strategic therapy are discussed,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Cocounseling, Counseling Effectiveness
Robb, Harold B., III – 1980
Counseling psychologists would be wise to distinguish themselves from other specialists by adopting an educational paradigm in which counseling psychologists function as teachers or trainers. In this role, they provide experiences designed to establish, increase or broaden desired skill, knowledge or motivation. The educational paradigm is broad…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Counselor Training
Petrick, Joanne F. – 1981
Responses to a writing therapy questionnaire by 25 psychologists indicated how and why they used writing in their work. Three-fifths of the psychologists used writing frequently, two-fifths infrequently. Most of the counselors reported that clients reacted quite positively to requests that they engage in writing. The most commonly used forms of…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship, Higher Education, Problem Solving
Schulman, Eveline D. – 1980
This monograph is an international overview of available information about the current status of rehabilitation efforts for the mentally ill. It served as a springboard for discussion at the Special Interest Group session at the Fourteenth World Congress of Rehabilitation International in Winnipeg, Canada, on June, 1980. The first part of the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Global Approach, International Educational Exchange, International Law
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