Attempts to increase awareness of counselors about topic of pet loss. Discusses how counselors can be actively involved through practice, consultation, and research to help people deal with emotional impact of pet loss. (Author/NB)

Reviews studies which have explored how counselor trainees respond to client anger and assessed the effectiveness of techniques for teaching counselor trainees how to respond to client anger. Discusses the implications of this review for future research. (Author)

Explored relationship between counselor trainee anger-proneness and anger discomfort and trainees' reactions to angry client. Thirty-eight trainees viewed and gave reactions to videotape of angry client-actress. Trainee anger-proneness and anger discomfort scores were positively and significantly related to discomfort with and anger toward the…

Presents material on client anger that is useful to practicing counselors. Describes and evaluates self-report measures of anger. Reviews and evaluates research on the effectiveness of treatment strategies for helping clients deal with anger. Discusses implications for future research and for practice. (Author)