Counseling strategies employed by practitioners have, by necessity, often been the result of subjective observation and intuition. This article discusses a "common sense" technique--the use of lay psychology books--and proposes guidelines for use of the procedure as a viable counseling strategy. (Author)

By enhancing the teachers' competencies in managing student behavior, the consultant sought to reduce the number of children needing counseling. Such consultation is both preventative and problem-oriented. (JC)

Covert conditioning includes a set of behavior change techniques that incorporate the "inside" aspects of human experience that had long been ignored by behaviorists. The author reviews the applications of covert conditioning to the field of counseling. (Author)

A majority indicated multiple-school allegiances and did not believe that a one-school approach is most effective. However, the therapeutic attitudes and practices of these therapists strongly followed lines of primary school allegiance. (Author)

SINCE THERE ARE SOME WIDELY PREVALENT MISCONCEPTIONS OF CLIENT-CENTERED COUNSELING, ATTENTION IS CALLED TO WHAT CLIENT-CENTERED COUNSELING IS NOT. CONDITIONS WHICH THE CLIENT-CENTERED VIEW HOLDS ARE NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY ARE EMPATHIC UNDERSTANDING, UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD, AND SELF-CONGRUENCE. THESE ARE COMMON…

This monograph is intended not only to enhance the psychological freedom of children and youth, but to free the counselor to be more versatile in his counseling techniques. In Chapter One, the author deals with some of the philosophical controversy which underlies the contrasting approaches of Rogers and Skinner. In Chapter Two, Haigh portrays the…

Are the behaviors that constitute the essential features of behavior counseling consistent with the principles of behaviorism that form the substratum for a behavioral counseling approach? The author maintains they are not and presents his arguments in this article. (Author)

Adherence to a variety of conceptual frameworks in psychological treatment has resulted in technical and theoretical eclecticism. Therapy techniques have become reduced to a set of tactics in which the therapist juggles conceptual frameworks in an attempt to maximize constructive behavior change. The practitioner must conceptualize his therapeutic…

The paper presents a model of counseling outcomes which distinguishes between within-interview change and extra-interview change in order to identify and study the counselor behaviors which constitute strategies or techniques. The author feels that research must: 1.) assess the relative productivity of these behaviors within-strategies in terms of…

The results indicate that reinforcement can be effective in increasing the number of questions superior students ask during information seeking interviews. Thus, the use of verbal reinforcement by counselors is an effective means of encouraging high achieving students to seek information relevant to their educational and vocational planning.…

This article is a revised version of an address presented at the Third Annual Research in Guidance Institute, University of Wisconsin, June, 1968.

The author describes his eclectic approach to counseling using RET, TA, client-centered, gestalt and behavioral tools. He uses a specific case study to clarify his method. (Author)

Clients (N=15) received insight-oriented therapy and 15 others received behavior therapy for three months. Results showed positive client change for both therapy types, and follow-up testing indicated client improvement was sustained up to one year. Process measurement indicated relational factors were more influential than therapy type.…