This study explored whether Personal and Social Development (PSD) teachers, school-based counsellors, and students in Maltese secondary schools perceived processing experiences as empowering to seek counselling, if and when needed. The study investigated if processing techniques within PSD methodology helped develop self-awareness. The research…

The use of entheogenic drugs in spiritual contexts among modern Westerners remains an understudied phenomenon. In order to explore these clandestine spiritual practices, 26 anonymous members of an internet discussion fora were interviewed regarding entheogen use and asked to describe their entheogen experiences. Interviewees self-selected for…

Six stages of development for black people struggling in the Western world are offered; not as tight psychological stages, but as philosophical points of departure based on the vision of the black artist. The applicability and potential therapeutic value of these stages in group counseling and other educational contexts is discussed. (EH)

The Groups for Psychological Education program presented in this Leader's Guide was designed to encourage the development of effective interpersonal skills and self-understanding of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children through the use of small group sessions. The first three chapters of the guide describe the program and present some of the…

The Listening Partners project examined rural mothers' development of a sense of the power of their own minds and voices and the relationship between this sense of power and mothers' parenting strategies and their children's development. Two cohorts of 60 women from a rural, impoverished region of Vermont participated in the program. Half the…

These workshop materials are intended to prepare professionals and community volunteers to serve as peer workshop leaders with young adults and adults with learning disabilities. The workshops are intended to: establish support groups; increase self-awareness and self-advocacy skills; improve interpersonal social skills; and provide adaptability…