Discusses contribution of Bystander-Equity Model of Supervisory Helping Behavior to pursuit of employee assistance program (EAP) research based on traditions of field of counseling. Offers structure for pursuing empirical and applied activities in EAP settings. Encourages counseling researchers and practitioners to respond to challenge of working…

Describes Schein's three models of consultation based on assumptions inherent in different helping styles: purchase of expertise and doctor-patient models, which focus on content of organization problems; and process consultation model, which focuses on how organizational problems are solved. Notes that Schein has suggested that consultants begin…

A humanistically-oriented dynamic approach for the treatment of depression in older persons is presented. A multi-level therapeutic model of treatment is discussed in detail. Included are initiation of the therapeutic relationship, specific tools for problem-solving, relationship building, and insight, termination, transference, and…

Suggests invitational education provides both a theory and a system for school counselors seeking to integrate counseling techniques, roles, and functions. Presents an overview of the invitational model and practical applications for counselors. (RC)

Presents guidelines for clinicians to observe in building and practicing a personal integrative method in family therapy. Focuses on the need for a personal paradigm, the assimiliation of aspects of scholastic approaches, the role of the person of the therapist, the adaptation of the model to specific cases, and the pathways toward developing a…

Discusses the nature of family resource redistribution through the life cycle. Proposes an underlying linear redistribution principle and the availability of transaction capacities as a modifying principle. Capacities of different kinds are presumed to decline at different rates in the later stages of the life cycle. (JAC)

Describes a developmental group training workshop for training experienced counselors to do group counseling. Discusses stages of training including exploration, understanding, and action, which can help counselors learn helping skills for counseling that can often transfer to their own interpersonal lives and interactions with others. (JAC)

Suggests that strategies and skills commonly used in political processes would help social workers balance the multiplicity of clients' problems. Reviews some deficiencies in current problem-solving theory and discusses a conceptual framework for a political approach. (Author/JAC)

Physical and social loss which accompany aging are often believed to promote dependency upon family, social services, and health care providers. Clinicians frequently complain about dependent clients and patients who leave the clinician feeling worn out, or worse, burned out. Very few publications have defined or addressed this problem identified…

The role of helping professionals is emerging as an integral part of a comprehensive program. "Resource resourcefulness," a developmental phase of any such program, requires special knowledge and skills on the part of all helping professionals, from counselors to career education specialists. A resource can be defined as any source of information,…

Compact counseling, an approach to short-term counseling, is presented as an effective, efficient, and structured tool for new or busy counselors. A model for using this type of approach is described in terms of (1) basic assumptions, (2) theoretical underpinnings of relationship and structure, (3) activities conducted in each of three sessions,…

The Invitational Learning model, developed by William Purkey and others, is a philosophical framework for counseling and development based on perceptual theory that emphasizes the importance of an "inviting" stance in human interaction. This paper focuses on the inviting process and its application to professional helping relationships.…

Describes how to surface immediacy issues outlined in Carkhuff's developmental helping model. Immediacy involves a more spontaneous processing of unspoken intentions and relationship issues involving the counselor and clients. Effective problem solving will occur when the helpee's intentions for the helper are acknowledged and explored. (Author)

A clinical supervision model for counseling sessions is presented as a four-step sequence, incorporating a values framework based on the notion that continued personal growth is important not only to the counselee but also to the helping professional. The term, "clinical supervision," is defined as an in vivo observation of the counseling sessions…

Methods of helping students reduce test anxiety are discussed, including guided fantasy which leads students to imagine a setting in which they feel competent and relaxed. Catastrophic-anastrophic expectations teach that different expectations create different feelings and make students aware that they are in charge of their own attitudes. Anxiety…