The author describes how her hospital staff's sensitivity grows as they experience each new situation involving dying patients. Staff members have become convinced that dying patients need to know they are cared for and loved by other human beings. (Author/HLM)

The exorcist prefers to be consulted as early as possible because prevention is better than cure. The task of the exorcist is easiest when the person to whom he is ministering is only threatened by the spirit of evil and not yet completely possessed by it. (Author)

The process of Christian counseling begins where the client is, and the counselor guides the process by a vision of where the client should be, given the counselor's values and the client's needs. The counselor uses techniques and methods he or she deems necessary and appropriate at any given time. (Author)

This article is an introduction to charismatic counseling. Charismatic clergy are seeing transformations of lives unlike anything experienced in their ministries before the charismatic renewal. (Author)

The author provides eight general guidelines which counselors should use when dealing with grieving clients. A synthesis of current theories about grief and a six-stage process of grief are also described. (Author/HLM)

This study suggests parents (N=66), teachers (N=77), and students (N=550) all seem to agree that student supervision and discipline are low priority counseling functions. The teachers' ratings of guidance attitude statements did not suggest that these additional responsibilities made counselors too busy to meet the other needs of their counselees.…