Provides information to help counselors establish rapport, avoid misunderstandings in communication, minimize transference dangers, and deal with Vietnamese attitudes toward sex roles and interpersonal relationships. Socioeconomic and ethnic differences among the Vietnamese themselves, war-related mental health problems, and proper use of…

The issues of power and control, emotionality, style of communication, and values are related to the interactions between a woman therapist and a male client. Men have learned to function in interpersonal relationships by using control, power and competition. The unresolved issues of control and power between a therapist and client may contribute…

Presents an overview of the basic issues to be considered in counseling hearing-impaired clients. Summarizes basic information about deafness and considers several common misconceptions about hearing-impaired people. Discusses communication barriers between the counselor and the client and the experiential deficits of hearing-impaired people.…

This report provides an overview of career counseling in vocational rehabilitation programming for individuals with severe psychiatric disabilities. It begins by reviewing the five basic premises for vocational counseling and programming and then discusses how adaptations to the traditional practice of career and vocational counseling might be…