Managers and business owners often base hiring decisions on first impressions. That is why it is so important to teach students to make a great first impression--before they go on that first job interview. Managers do not have unrealistic expectations, they just want to hire people who they believe can develop into valuable employees. A nice…

This article describe one of the most robust notions from temperament research: "finding the fit" between the temperaments of child and caregiver. The authors provide parents with a series of questions to help them identify their child's temperament and suggestions for how to adapt to their child's style. (Note: This article is excerpted from the…

Little attention has been given in the literature to the unique issues that queer therapists who work with heterosexual and queer clients face. Of particular interest is whether, how, when, and why queer therapists self-disclose their sexual identities, or come out, to clients. This article reviews stage models of sexual identity development and…