Examines the role of the counseling psychologist in physical health concerns and raises questions about the effectiveness of psychological treatments for health problems. Discusses implications for practice, theory, research, and training in counseling psychology and argues that this movement can be effective only if it affects morbidity and…

Analyzed predicted decline of projective techniques in usefulness and emphasis from several perspectives. An extensive review of empirical, survey, and position studies supports the utility of projective techniques, with the exception of the clinical academic setting. The loss in status is attributed to changing roles of clinical psychologists.…

Contends that anger is a temporary internal state and that counselors can teach clients to recognize early signs of anger and choose healthy responses. Proposes that counselors teach clients to speak assertively and deal fairly and to use inner dialog and inner drama to avoid displaced verbal responses. (LLL)

Claims the enthusiasm for the social influence model may be due to its counselor-as-expert factor. A response by Harmon suggests that these claims are not substantiated and argues that the most interesting questions regarding the relationship between professional identity and the social influence model were not raised. (JAC)

Reviews coping theory and attribution theory to present a systematic approach to stress management counseling that focuses on teaching clients to diagnose life events and to choose the coping response that is most useful for them. Stresses the importance of counselors becoming proficient in a variety of coping techniques. (LLL)

Contends that experience with a frail or dying client is a learning opportunity for the counselor. Presents several examples illustrating the reactions of the elderly to approaching death and suggests that successful counselors accept their own mortality and acknowledge the decision of the failing elderly that death is near. (JAC)

Presents issues surrounding the definition, identification, and handling of emotional problems in the work environment. Reviews the history and current scope of employee counseling and the role of the practitioner in industry and provides some strategies for counselors to clarify the roles of all participants. (JAC)

Clarifies the role of the career counselor in higher education and outlines some ways for career counseling to coexist with psychotherapy. Discusses the need for standards and professional literature to meet the increased need for career counseling. (JAC)

Describes focusing as a process of therapeutic change where one silently tries to discriminate the bodily felt sense of a situation or a problem. Presents examples of the focusing process in the therapeutic context of a group and explores implications of its use. (LLL)

Suggests that school counselors must help students see themselves as whole human beings, rather than being confined by race and ethnicity. Presents examples of several successful minority Americans. (JAC)

The Ethical Principles for Psychologists now states, "The modifiers used in some of the standards of this Ethics Code (e.g. reasonability, appropriate, potentiality) are included in the standards when they would (1) allow professional judgment on the part of psychologists, (2) eliminate injustice or inequality that would occur with the…

If counseling and guidance professionals are to improve the mental health of individuals and society, then they must carefully examine the relationship between mental health and technology. Healthy management of technological tools may be one of the most critical competencies a counseling professional can model and teach. The purpose of this…

The multiracial population is one of the fastest growing segments of the U. S. population. In discussing the multiracial population it is first important to identify and define the groups that are under the heading of multiracial. The literature has included interracial couples, multiracial individuals, and families in which a cross-racial or…

In order for counselors to more effectively serve their clients and contribute to an environment that is life enhancing for women and girls as well as for men and boys they must advocate an end to all violence against women. In a national study of women who escaped from battering, participants rated the effectiveness of formal help sources from…

Most counselors have had very little experience with indigenous methods of healing. Indigenous healing can be defined as helping beliefs and practices that originate over extended time within a culture that are not transported from other regions, and that are designed for treating the inhabitants of a given group. Most counselors would find great…