If used wisely, counselor disclosure can be both therapeutic and facilitative for the client. Counselor disclosure may enhance the communication process and may even aid in discussing and solving problems. The positive effect of counselor disclosure seems to be its reciprocal effects on the client. (PAS)

Measured distance which separated a geometric figure representing the therapist and the subject's sketch of self in group as compared to individual treatment. Results indicated subjects drew themselves at greater distance from the same therapist in group meetings and said they felt closer to same therapist in individual meetings. (RC)

This review of assessment strategies for handicapped populations is intended to provide counselors with assessment perspectives as well as specific suggestions. The review emphasizes the counselor's role as a member of a diagnostic team and the need to consider a variety of information in formation of meaningful intervention strategies. (Author)

This article describes the evaluation of a workshop series for the aging in Central and Southwestern Virginia. The selection of participants for the workshops, evaluation instrumentation, and outcomes are discussed. (Author)

Uses the concept of boundary to describe the ground rules, quality, and type of therapeutic relationships in a humanistic form of counseling--a form that blends Rogerian principles with ideas taken from psychodynamic practice. Discusses the work of Robert Langs, boundaries in person-centered work, and the limits of boundaries. (RJM)

Considers some of the issues involved in the debate over codes of ethics regarding the right to effective treatment. Offers suggestions for how ethical codes could be modified to include clients' right to receive effective treatment and social workers' obligation to be educated about and to provide such treatment. (RJM)

Describes the support services offered by MENTOR, a national provider of treatment foster care services for children and adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities. MENTOR provides individualized residential services in host homes. The trained host/caregiver also provides both in- and out-of-the-classroom school assistance that…

Questions the content and form of consciousness raising as a mode of purveying knowledge or bringing about change by considering its emergence in the civil rights movement. Examines such books as "Black Rage" (William Grierand Price Cobbs), "Triumph of the Therapeutic" (Philip Reiff), "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or…

Addressed questions concerning the kinds of interventions associated with various levels of client emotional involvement. Examined relationships among client-experiencing, strength-of-feeling, and counselor-verbal-response modes in three different types of counseling. Found no significant association among counselor-verbal-response modes and…

Study examined perceptions of childhood and adolescent relationships among chemically dependent women who are new in recovery. Two relevant and descriptive categories of responses were developed based on participants' narratives: "childhood marked by inconsistent family support" and "adolescence notable for adult disregard." Implications for…

Describes how the use of the catalyst system increases the effectiveness of speech and language disorder therapy by allowing for increased case loads. (MG)

Addresses the problems of Asian American women and the difficulties they may encounter in psychotherapy. Suggestions for therapists and several case examples are provided. (DM)

Recipients of treatment designed to change their behavior have the right to a therapeutic environment, services whose overriding goal is personal welfare, treatment by a competent behavior analyst, programs that teach functional skills, behavioral assessment and ongoing evaluation, and the most effective treatment procedures available. (Author/JDD)