There is currently a strong interest in brief psychodynamic therapy. Therapists adopting this approach need to become familiar with different character or personality styles. The psychodynamic therapist who understands and works in conjunction with the client's particular character style will be able to establish a therapeutic relationship more…

Effective career counselors need knowledge of the various counseling theories and approaches used in personal problem counseling as well as knowledge of career development. Elements affecting the career counseling interview include theoretical position in relation to career development, how the counselor views the counselee, the place of tests in…

Loneliness is experienced by nearly everyone, although its frequency and intensity vary widely. Existential loneliness may derive from the universal experience of separation from the mother in leaving the womb; it is an intrinsic and organic reality of each life. The other kind of loneliness comes from self-rejection and self-alienation from…

Demonstrates the 3 areas of counseling importance in British polytechnics: selections of students, comphrehension of the interdisciplinary element of many polytechnic degrees, and the role of the polytechnic in relation to full- and parttime students. (Author/PG)

A SHORT-TERM TRAINING PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS WAS INITIATED. THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVE AIMED TO--(1) DEVELOP AN INCREASED AWARENESS OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE WORLD OF WORK, (2) DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING AND RECOGNITION OF THE VALUE AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, (3) DEVELOP FAMILIARITY…

This presentation discusses student-to-student academic adjustment counseling, presently employed and initiated at Southwest Texas State University. Since available research results indicate the conventional pre-college orientation program is not meeting the academic adjustment needs of beginning freshmen, Southwest Texas designed a program…

Documents the steps taken to successfully rebuild a counseling center following a major change in philosphy and direction of its services. Presents administrative issues and steps taken, ways of starting up new services, and results of the changes. (BH)

Describes author's experiences after his own diagnoses of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Related Complex (ARC) and AIDS itself. Discusses six ways for social workers to provide empowerment to persons with AIDS, which focus on the positive, the healing power of caring, reconnections, direction, victim mindset, and advocacy. (ABL)

This article presents a model for examining and analyzing the information necessary for the counselor to develop an accurate and complete understanding of the client's problem. (Author)

Examines Competency-Based Education (CBE) at the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Regina from the perspective of counseling. Program characteristics, program development, student involvement, and counselor role in the program are described. (Author/BL)

Discusses the counselor's role in helping unemployed adults to alleviate the emotional impact of unemployment and to develop coping strategies. Emphasizes the difference between vocational counseling which focuses on overcoming individual deficits and supportive counseling and advocacy. (BL)

Although psychological androgyny is a useful and attractive concept for many counselors, a review of the literature suggests that androgyny cannot now serve as a concrete goal for sex-role counseling. It may also pose its own problems for individuals. (Author)

Presents goals, types of groups, and unique issues and considerations related to group counseling with nursing home residents. (Author)

Obtained estimates of duration expectancies for counseling sessions needed to resolve the presenting problem(s) from clients (N=594) and counselors at a university counseling center. Results of a comparison of estimates showed that clients consistently gave significantly lower mean estimates than counselors. (LLL)

The present study focused on therapist reports of their treatment goal priorities in working with children with sexual behavior problems. The study examined whether treatment goal priorities varied with therapist training and experience, and whether they reflected differences in the nature and seriousness of the youths' clinical problems. Results…