This paper describes a program designed to recognize the special developmental problems of women students and to respond to these problems with a system of brief group therapy. The program appears to be very successful and many students are referred to it. (Author)

Describes how a poet at work in a mental hospital can help chronic patients recapture the use of language and expressiveness by teaching poetry. Describes methods of collaborative poetry writing, as well as the rationale for the use of the approach. Discusses a variety of cases and methods. (RS)

Combining the practical lessons of clinical practice and the literature of the disciplines of composition theory and psychology, this book merges what writers say about writing with what researchers and scholars say in a way that helps both experienced and inexperienced writers at the writing desk. The writers depicted in the book are comprised of…

The major goal of the 2-year child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship program at the University of Maryland is to provide an integrated but flexible set of learning experiences, with areas of emphasis including child and adolescent development, early intervention and prevention of mental health problems, community child psychiatry, and research.…

The college and university counseling center traditionally employs standard techniques in helping students, faculty, and staff in overcoming problems of mental stress (Berman, 1972). A technique suitable to both individual and group sessions, but rarely utilized is Re-Evaluation Co-Counseling or R.C. For the past twenty years, R.C. has gained an…

Describes the development of an instrument designed to evaluate the effectiveness of family therapy training. The device consists of a videotape of an enacted family therapy session and a series of multiple-choice questions regarding the respondents' observations, conceptualizations and recommendations. A sample question is included. (Author/JAC)