Studied the interactive effects of transference and client insight on session quality, and the relationship between transference and counselor intentions within the context of a single counseling session. When transference was high, client insight was positively related to session quality. Negative transference was related to several counselor…

Reviews the filmed interview with Gloria by Perls (1965) which demonstrated some standard Gestalt therapy techniques and presents examples from film. Identifies discrepancies between Perls's description of Gestalt therapeutic processes and his interview behavior. Makes reflections on the inherent difficulties with the concept of the emerging…

Notes that consulting relationship differs from traditional counseling and psychotherapeutic relationships and that these differences require special consideration in evaluating ethical questions and conflicts, identifying ethical parameters within any given situation, and using existing ethical guidelines in determining appropriate courses of…

Addresses practical issues concerning test score interpretation. Percentile bands are recommended for reporting to clients the extent and limits of what test scores reveal. Variety of suggestions and examples are provided for rendering interpretations meaningful. (Author)

Claims client posttermination contact with counselors who have relocated has been neglected as training and practice issue. Uses analytic reflections to explore counselor, client, and process variables relative to counselors' response to "following" clients. (Author/ABL)

Highlights the relatively unexplored relationship between ordinary language explanations of career behavior and formal theories of career development. Classifies ordinary explanations of career behavior along two dimensions--extent to which explanations are founded in person or situation and extent to which they account for predictability.…

Contains eight accounts: "But Kids Don't Commit Suicide" (Sharon Andreozzi); "Learning from Multiplicity" (Kathryn Ellis); "Autonomy, Control, and Affiliation: Your Issues or Mine?" (Claudia Haferkamp); "Role Players" (Dennis Heitzmann); "Grief Counseling: Facilitating the Healing Process" (Rosemary Hughes); "Hospital Referral: A Test of Counselor…

Reviews research concerning prevalence, varieties, contributing factors, and harmful consequences of sexual intimacies (occurring either prior to or subsequent to termination of treatment) between mental health professionals and clients. Notes that the sequelae of therapist-client sex may form a distinct syndrome and identifies 10 aspects of…

Surveyed national sample of 366 male counselors and educators on attitudes toward and participation in sexual misconduct. Only 1.7% reported having engaged in sexual misconduct with clients during professional relationship; prevalence rate increased to 17% when definition of sexual misconduct was expanded to include students/students under…

According to broad definition of culture, multicultural perspective applies to all counseling relationships. Multiculturalism may be described as fourth force (complementary to forces of psychodynamic, behavioral, and humanistic explanations of human behavior) in counseling from its own theoretical perspective. There are advantages to defining…

Focuses more attention on the topic of counseling and disabilities. Presents literature review on question of whether clients perceive counselors with disabilities more positively or more negatively than they perceive counselors with no obvious physical disabilities. (Author/ABL)

Examined the hypothesized relationship among counselor androgyny, counselor flexibility, and the establishment of client-rated working alliances. There was no relationship between androgyny and counselor flexibility. There was a significant relationship between counselor flexibility and client ratings of working alliance. Research and clinical…

Reviews 3 theoretical models of client resistance in counseling: anxiety control, noncompliance, and negative social influence. Describes 22 commonly observed client resistance behaviors in 4 separate categories: response quantity resistance, response content resistance, response style resistance, and logistic management resistance. (Author/ABL)

Suggests that counselors might profitably investigate new graphic approaches to showing clients what their multivariate profiles mean. Gives illustration in terms of Holland's RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) model of vocational interests. Notes that same issues and principles of graphic display would…

Reflects on contributions of Milton H. Erickson from which modern mind-body counseling interventions originate using Beatrice Wright's principles of attention to individual needs, respect for situational complexities, and flexibility. Includes strategies to develop rapport, therapeutic use of imagery, reframing, and other paradoxical techniques…