The author analyzed the gender, grade, sources of referral, and problem areas of 1,664 student-clients who consulted a counseling center for individual counseling over an 11-year period. The results showed that grade, sources of referral, and problem areas varied significantly over the years whereas gender did not. Students who consulted the…

Many counselors are unaware that Natalie Rogers, daughter of Carl Rogers, has extended her father's work into the creative and expressive arts. This article includes a verbatim conversation with Natalie Rogers as she reflects on her childhood and her professional work. Person-centered expressive art therapy is an alternative to traditional verbal…

Discusses counseling considerations and techniques for use with adult women experiencing adjustment difficulties relating to childhood experience of incest with father or stepfather. Gives particular consideration to the use of techniques that allow for in-depth work on family of origin issues in the individual counseling setting. (Author)

Contends that the termination of individual counseling is often an inadequately handled process. Describes three major functions of termination and presents a number of strategies for attaining each function. (Author/LLL)

Presents a case study highlighting a treatment model based on a multimodal conceptualization. Suggests that individual multimodal therapy provides a comprehensive approach to the treatment of overeating, helping to target social and emotional issues related to eating disorders as well as the eating behaviors themselves. (Author/ABB)

Outlines a timeline perspective that helps counselors avoid ethical violations and organize the ethical mandates that contribute to effective practice. Ethical considerations are proposed during the initiation phase of counseling, as counseling develops, when a period of crisis arises, and at the termination phase. (Author)

Examines studies of the psychological and social adjustment of the never-married, and presents explanations for the findings. Explores the experiences, needs, and coping strategies of the never-married and discusses aspects of the single life-style that should be considered by the counselor and client. (LLL)

In this article, the authors present an adolescent counseling intervention used by the California Smokers' Helpline and test in the largest randomized trials to date. In this study, more than 1,400 teen clients were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group. Participants in the intervention group received telephone counseling…

Investigated the relationship between personality priorities (pleasing, achieving, outdoing, detaching, avoiding) and selected psychological and attitudinal variables theoretically linked to those priorities. Undergraduates (N=262) completed four personality measures, which resulted in significant differences. Findings lend support for the use of…

Describes use of multidimensional scaling (MDS) in counseling. Discusses types of data that have been analyzed using MDS, kinds of MDS analyses, and the interpretation of MDS results. Reviews MDS research relevant to vocational, family, group, and individual counseling. Also discusses potential applications in counseling practice. (Author/ABB)

Compared (a) three vocational assessment batteries, (b) structured individual counseling and unstructured individual counseling, and (c) mixed-sex versus same sex career groups in terms of their usefulness, educational value, and enjoyability as perceived by gifted adolescents. Students preferred a test battery consisting of the Self-Directed…

Reviews recent empirical, case study, and conceptual literature that examines or discusses treatment techniques for adult female survivors in individual therapy. Divides various techniques into 11 categories. Concludes that more research is needed to determine which techniques hold the most promise. Discusses implications for researchers and…

Discusses dilemmas associated with computer-assisted career guidance systems (CACGs) from an information-processing and decision theory perspective. Analyzes four problems--the occupational data base, the complexity of career decisions, dialog's effectiveness, the context in which CACGs is embedded--and provides possible ways to overcome,…