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Wong, Paul W. C.; Zhu, Shimin; Li, Tim M. H.; Wan, Eppie H. Y.; Chan, Hallie H. L.; Yu, Vanessa S. W.; Fung, Kelly S. K.; Tse, Samson – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a three-session free-of-charge counselling model delivered by trained master's-level counsellors. Participants were 105 people whose scores represented mild or moderate levels on the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale and who had not been diagnosed or treated for any psychiatric illness in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
van Rijn, Biljana; Cooper, Mick; Jackson, Andrew; Wild, Ciara – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2017
The paper presents an introduction of a newly developed, avatar-based virtual reality therapy, as an addition to the therapeutic programme, within a therapeutic community prison in the UK. The participants had six group sessions facilitated by a counsellor. The aim of the project was to investigate whether this approach would improve mental health…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Therapy, Computer Simulation
Oakes, Jane; Gardiner, Paula; McLaughlin, Kristin; Battersby, Malcolm – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
An innovative pilot treatment program was developed for problem gamblers living in rural areas of Australia using cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) modified from an established specialist therapy service. The standard 12 weekly group program was delivered on site by adapting it to two 1 week blocks with daily group sessions and 1 week of patient…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Pilot Projects, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Richards, Penelope; Simpson, Susan – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2015
In this paper we introduce and investigate the capacity for a novel, technologically advanced system (goACT) to enhance face-to-face psychotherapy. Specifically, we explore the capacity for goACT to enhance therapeutic alliance (TA) and engagement, and reduce distress. Using a mixed-methods, multiple-baseline design we present the first study to…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Pilot Projects, Technology Integration, Influence of Technology
Ojiambo, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This pilot study investigated the impact of group activity play therapy (GAPT) on displaced orphans aged 10 to 12 years living in a large children's village in Uganda. Teachers and housemothers identified 60 preadolescents exhibiting clinical levels of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. The participants' ethnicity was African and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Play Therapy, Counseling Effectiveness
Villalba, Jose A.; Myers, Jane E. – Journal of School Counseling, 2008
A three-session, wellness-based classroom guidance unit was developed based on the Indivisible Self wellness model and presented to 55 students in 5th grade. Participants completed the Five Factor Wellness Inventory, Elementary School Version, before and after the unit. Wellness scores were significantly and positively higher at post-testing for…
Descriptors: Wellness, Counselor Role, Grade 5, School Counseling
Runyon, Melissa K.; Deblinger, Esther; Schroeder, Christine M. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2009
Child physical abuse (CPA) is not only a highly prevalent public health problem, but it has been associated with a wide range of debilitating psychosocial sequelae that may develop during childhood and persist into adulthood. This paper outlines a treatment model, Combined Parent-Child Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CPC-CBT), that addresses the…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Family Counseling, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
Waldo, Michael; Kerne, Philip A., IV; Kerne, Valerie Van Horn – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2007
Group leaders randomly employed a counseling leadership approach for one session in place of the guidance leadership approach typically used in six ongoing domestic violence offender groups. Group members completed the Critical Incident Questionnaire to assess therapeutic factors and the Group Experience Rating Form to assess if the leadership…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Group Experience, Group Therapy, Leadership
Pate, Robert H.; and others – J Coll Placement, 1970
Esso Education Foundation feasibility study using subprofessional counselors (graduate students) and group techniques to provide more counseling to placement registrants than is available with professionals doing individual counseling. (Author/CJ)
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Foundation Programs, Group Counseling

Mitra, Sudhansu B.; And Others – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1974
This project was a three-year study to demonstrate an effective way of providing rehabilitation services to deprived and disabled people living in the Model Cities area of Baltimore. Results of analysis of the data lent support to the perceived roles of the rehabilitation aides in terms of their effectiveness in the rehabilitation process.…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Evaluation, Nonprofessional Personnel, Pilot Projects
Smith, R. Douglas – 1973
The primary purpose of this study was to compare an experimental guidance treatment, an individual counseling treatment, and a control treatment for effectiveness in the career development of college students. In addition, comparisons were made between the two counseling treatments on the basis of the student's assessment of his counseling…
Descriptors: Behavior, Career Choice, Career Development, College Students
Rush, A. John; Watkins, John T. – 1978
Group therapy and individual cognitive therapy were investigated with non-bipolar moderate-to-severely-depressed outpatients (N=44) assigned to group cognitive therapy, individual cognitive therapy only, or to individual cognitive therapy in combination with anti-depressant medication. Treatment efficacy was measured by self-report and a clinical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness, Depression (Psychology)
Schauble, Paul G. – 1968
The influence of stimulated recall and emotional simulation films on client growth in short-term personal counseling was evaluated at Michigan State University with nine clients from vocational rehabilitation caseloads. The two experimental groups (stimulated recall and simulated film treatment) and one control group with traditional counseling…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling Effectiveness, Individual Counseling, Individual Development
Kochalka, James; And Others – 1982
This paper describes a pilot project designed to provide a training and implementation program for volunteer, paraprofessional facilitators of a marriage and family intervention method known as Structured Enrichment. The intervention, which was designed to teach couples and families to negotiate specific problem issues in their relationships, is…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Family Counseling, Marriage Counseling

Kriebel, Dawn Kastanek; Wigfield, Allan; Reilly, Debbie; Krebs, Madeleine; Marklin, Jeanne – Adoption Quarterly, 2002
A pilot study examined effects of pre- and peri-adoption therapy on adoptive placements of 13 children who had been in foster care and who had been identified as "emotionally unstable." Intervention included counseling with licensed therapists and other services, such as parent education to ease the transition into permanency. Findings…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Behavior Problems, Counseling Effectiveness
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