Discusses seven self-defeating attitudinal factors contributing to client inaction and procrastination from the Morita therapist's perspective. Describes Morita therapy and ways of facilitating desirable action and reducing self-preoccupations. Claims the suggested approach challenges the client's assumption that resisting and removing unwanted…

Assessed 63 female counselor trainees after viewing videotape of client reporting sexual abuse, physical abuse, or role conflict. Results indicated that trainees who expected to counsel sexually abused client increased their positive self-statements. Applied Schwartz's States-of-Mind model to self-statement ratios, and, according to model,…