The purpose of this article is to describe briefly a technique, the Accuracy of Emotional Perception Technique, found quite helpful in dealing with interpersonal problems where inaccuracy of emotional perception is a fundamental cause. (Author)

Guidance-drama activity provides (a) crisp definitions of selected issues; (b) potent modeling from the characters in the play, the students actively engaged in the play, and the students involved in the discussions that follow the play; and (c) a technique for peer-led discussions on sensitive issues. This article gives precise definition to the…

This introductory article advocates a new definition of the counselor role: that of psychological educator with a description of the characteristics of this role. The issue as a whole indicates a variety of specific action steps counselors may take if they wish to become psychological educators. (Author)

The group dynamics techniques and concepts described in this article can easily be used in a wide variety of subject matter areas and with a variety of age levels. The techniques are defined, and several are illustrated in a sample lesson plan. (Author)

The right to intervene in the life of another and the power helpers have when they do intervene are value-laden issues. Excerpts from nonprofessional literature are used to stimulate a reexamination of these issues as they pertain to counseling. (Author)

This special issue of P & G provides an overview of the psychological education movement and its implications for the practicing counselor. Psychological education is a relatively new discipline, but it is already providing important levers to help counselors refocus their efforts and increase their effectiveness. (Author)

This article describes and evaluates the results of an experimental program using a professional counselor in an industrial setting where the need of the client determined the role of the counselor. (JC)

The author of this article explains his counseling ideology: that the only essential requirement of counseling is humanness, which is the capacity of an individual to be open to another human being without judging and without losing his own individuality. (Author)

This article describes a therapeutic program for inmates that attempts to stimulate moral reasoning. Based on Kohlberg's theory of moral development, the program relies heavily on group meetings designed to focus on and resolve a variety of moral issues raised by the participants. Through guided moral discussions,'' participants tend to develop…

This article describes a curricular approach to preventive mental health, the Human Development Program. This program focuses on a developmental model to promote social and emotional growth in children. (Author)

Although empathic understanding is widely taught, there is very little commonality among trainers in terms of what they teach their students to be empathic to. In this article the author presents a general conceptual set that may be applied to any statement a person makes. (Author)

This article discusses a process in which people in a community setting offer counsel to one another. (Author)

Human relations skills are more widely taught and used, and inevitably misused. This aritcle is intended as a brief self-defense course identifying those who undergo this usually temporary, metamorphosis into "turkeys." It provides a rough categorization of subspecies with their identifying characteristics and a proposal for return to personhood.…

Dugald S. Arbuckle, an advocate of human rights in counseling and writer on existential humanistic thought in psychotherapy and education, reflects on the roots of his humanistic thinking. He discusses a wide range of ideas with a former student. (Author)

Describes a five-step method of conflict reduction suitable for use by practicing counselors. Presents the model in how-to-do-it fashion, supplementing it with illustrations. Describes reactions of eight counselors who used the model in 37 conflict cases. Presents responses of the persons involved in the conflicts. (Author)