The author suggests that effectiveness in human resources development is a function primarily of two factors: the skills with which the helpers relate to other people (interpersonal skills), and the skills which they have in their specialty areas (program skills). (Author)

The development of a technology for helper training and its implications for human and community resource development are discussed. (BY)

A humanistically-oriented dynamic approach for the treatment of depression in older persons is presented. A multi-level therapeutic model of treatment is discussed in detail. Included are initiation of the therapeutic relationship, specific tools for problem-solving, relationship building, and insight, termination, transference, and…

A review of the counseling literature from 1972 through 1974 suggested consultation and training aimed at remediation and prevention as the most appropriate means for intervention during an era of accountability and cutbacks. Working with communities and institutions rather than with individuals was also stressed. (Author/SE)

This article suggests the application of anticipatory intervention principles in schools to meet the psychological needs of teachers, pupils, and parents as well as of the school as an organizational system for coping with extreme stress caused by either natural or man-made disaster. (Author)

Counselors must select strategies that maximize the probability of helping clients achieve personal goals. These stratefies may focus on changing how clients think, feel, or act (T-F-A). Effective counselors need to systematically use varying combinations of T-F-A strategies that will best facilitate changes in clients' behavior. (Author)

This article explains the author's first involvement with Christian counseling and sketches the emerging directions in this area. It includes a comparison of Christian and secular counseling and presents a counseling model for Christian counseling. Speech presented to the North Suburban Association of Ministers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September…

Presents a practical, multimodal Helping model, to meet needs of children with anger. Describes the steps to be followed in each of the 12 sessions of the therapy. Notes that the model adheres to a person-centered philosophy. The model considers the health, emotional, learning, personal, and cognitive environments of the child during therapy, and…

The author challenges the view that adopting an existential perspective in counseling is inapplicable or a luxury for most clients. The concept of existential authenticity is presented as an organizing ethic that can bring out the positive side of existentialism in counseling. Specific values and conditions are presented that can be adopted to…

One ethical dilemma for psychologists is finding methods to share test results with their clients in such a way that the client is not deleteriously labeled, but is encouraged by the knowledge of assessed strength and growth areas. This paper offers one answer by presenting a structured protocol that draws on an iceberg metaphor for categorizing…

Supervisors of alcoholic employees sometimes develop a range of strong feelings similar in nature to those of the employees they wish to help. These strong feelings prevent supervisors from dealing with alcoholic employees in objective, constructive ways. To overcome these barriers supervisors require specialized counseling. A proposed framework…

Three broad counseling strategies are described that will enable counselees to attain their counseling objectives. A procedure for implementing these strategies is stated and examples of its use are given. (Author)

Examined indigenous models of helping in selected non-Western countries (Barbados, Korea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, Sudan. and Zambia) to investigate status of psychology, counseling, and related mental health professions in these countries. Findings from mental health professionals in these countries revealed three types of problems for which…

Compact counseling, an approach to short-term counseling, is presented as an effective, efficient, and structured tool for new or busy counselors. A model for using this type of approach is described in terms of (1) basic assumptions, (2) theoretical underpinnings of relationship and structure, (3) activities conducted in each of three sessions,…