Organized assessment procedures are used as preface to therapy to help in transmittal of information structuring of relationships, and information gathering. The results can be a mix of descriptive information and value judgment, confusing tester values with facts about those tested. Caution in use of such procedures is suggested. (Author/NRB)

Describes working with psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg in developing assessments of a group's sense of community, mutual acceptance of social norms, and the democratic process. Explains how Kohlberg influenced the author's professional work. (Author/NB)

Presents Ethics Model of Marriage and Family Counseling and its underlying assumptions. Analyzes six basic counseling values in relation to microsystems of counselor and client, mesosystem of counseling process, and societal value context as the macrosystem. Utilizes discussion of suicide to apply these values to the model. Includes 17 references.…

This article chronicles an attempt to institutionalize a values-oriented project at Saint Louis University and proposes a methodology for evaluating the project and its effects. (Author)