Examines several basic hypnotherapeutic techniques (rapport building, problem assessment, resistance management, and behavior change) based on Milton H. Erickson's hypnotherapeutic principles that can be translated into the general framework of counseling. (Author/CM)

Surveyed Minnesota secondary school counselors (N=155) on the roles and functions of school counselors. Found a limited parallel between role perceptions and expectations set forth in current professional guidelines. Suggests that individual approach to counseling must be examined critically against reaching larger numbers through group and…

Reviews and contrasts 23 interpersonal personality theory (IPT) and 19 relational control theory (RCT) studies of observable client-therapist interactions in brief individual and family therapy. Notes that, although results do not consistently confirm either model, evidence tends to support IPT in context of individual therapy and RCT in context…

Queried 69 social workers about termination reactions in most recently terminated individual cases. Clients' strongest reactions were positive affect, evaluation of success, evaluation of therapeutic experience, and positive flight. Least strong client reactions were nihilistic flight, regression, denial, recapitulation, and expression of need for…

Examines issues and needs of individuals who are physically disabled and have substance abuse problems. Explores reasons for high rate of substance abuse among individuals who are physically disabled. Addresses treatment considerations for such individuals, including individual, family, and educational counseling. Examines prevention issues and…

The Career Treatment Strategy Model integrates personal and career counseling in four phases: assessment of life and career issues, preemployment skill development and reduction of career anxiety, job search skill development, and job placement and retention. It works with a range of clients, including those in transition, the socially isolated,…

Presents case examples demonstrating interconnection between career and noncareer issues. Notes that comprehensive and intensive personal exploration is needed to uncover relatedness of seemingly disparate areas of clients' lives. Contends that when comprehensive person-oriented career counseling is done there is recognition and integration of…

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…

Solution-focused therapy is based on the premise that client goals and solutions are more important than problems the client depicts in sessions. The miracle question technique is used in the first session to help the client construct and consider a future without the problem: "Suppose that one night, while you were asleep, there was a…

This study examined conferencing as a classroom management tool in an attempt to determine if working one-on-one for brief periods of time with students would improve their behavior in the classroom. Pre- and post-observations were made using a scale devised to determine the quantity and type of on and off-task behaviors. Three students were…

A working model of how the counseling process can be related and integrated into a continuing education program identifies three functioning levels: (1) working with individual program participants (2) working with instructors and administrators as resource consultants (3) serving as a liaison with other adult and community oriented groups. (EA)

This document is a guide to counseling software. It presents overviews on the state of development of counseling and human services software in five major topic areas including personal counseling, career counseling, academic advising, testing and administration. It provides factual and up-to-date descriptions of over 500 counseling-relevant…

The booklet provides a brief overview of the essential components of successful guidance and counseling programs for the handicapped. Methods for counselors to use in assessing special students needs are described, as well as adaptations in techniques needed when counseling specific types of handicapped students. Discussed are counseling…

Short-term treatment has been steadily gaining in popularity in the past five years although its historical antecedents are of much longer standing. This annotated bibliography is the result of a literature search covering the major journals in psychology, psychiatry, and social work during the period from 1945 to 1974. A total of 243 articles…

Discusses various facets of student/teacher conferences, as seen in materials available in the ERIC system. (JM)