Describes the benefits of group counseling for abusing parents. Suggests that groups structured to maximize peer support and reduce social isolation provide a context in which parents can make changes in cognition and behavior. (Author/JAC)

Calls cognitive behavior therapy useful tool for changing negative behaviors of children. Presents some guidelines for those wishing to use cognitive behavior therapy with children. Suggests that teachers and others who work with students act confident, be kind but tough, learn to have successful confrontations, use rewards to replace punishments,…

Presents three descriptive frameworks drawn from empirical and theoretical study of human change and its facilitation in counseling: a cognitive-mediational model of therapeutic interaction, a model of client cognitive change during and as a result of counseling, a descriptive synthesis of therapeutic elements that seem to support such client…