To help a client overcome the handicapping effects of physical disability, a counselor should have a rudimentary knowledge of the behavioral manifestations of the medical condition, and be skillful at implementing counseling strategies compatible with the dynamics characteristic of each stage. (Author)

This paper describes a Gestalt approach to stimulating client awareness. The authors present examples of experiments which may be used to facilitate the client in trying on new ways of being. Gestalt principles and theory are explained. (Author)

The main contention in this article is that philosophy, especially as it is lived, is indispensable to counselors, as well as to clients, in their search for more fruitful life experiences. (Author)

Examines the current status of parent education in terms of contemporary definitions, programs, methods, potential audiences, research problems, and issues of leadership. Argues that a comprehensive theoretical model of parent education incorporating life-span and family development research is needed. (JAC)

Implications of theoretical models for counseling are examined in relation to: (1) the openness of the counselor in the counseling relationship; (2) a view of openness as a form of defense; and (3) dealing with defenses as part of the therapeutic process. (Author)

The only people who are qualified to confront are those who demonstrate high levels of understanding which go beyond what is being said, who demonstrate deep and appropriately changing levels of regard and affect, who possess a high level of physical energy, and who possess a large and growing repertoire of helping skills. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to provide guidelines for counseling families in which the wife/mother is physically disabled. Common psychological reactions to disability are briefly discussed, followed by four goals of a counseling relationship with a family in which the wife/mother is disabled. (Author)

The authors have taken a cynical approach by identifying negative traits to be avoided by helping professionals. Assumption is that the message can be conveyed in a humorous context. Third in a series by the authors. (Author)

Under certain conditions self-improvement activities like running or meditating can become addictive. This article contends that such addictions confer strength to the individual and promote effective living; therefore, they must be considered "positive". The article traces the development of the concept of positive addiction. (Author)

Periods of silence in counseling groups may be productive or nonproductive for individual members. Specific constructive counselor behaviors are presented for dealing with silence in counseling groups. (Author)

Elements of professionalization--systematic body of theory, social recognition, monopoly, and degree of organization--are presented and applied to the development of professional psychology in Quebec. The concept of deprofessionalization is introduced as an alternative basis for evaluating competence in professional psychology. (Author)

This paper deals with the collaboration of counselors and teachers in a program for student (human) development. It suggests several intervention strategies counselors may use to improve classroom learning environments, and concludes with a program which exemplifies these tactics. (Author/PC)

The relationship of intimacy and individuation in marriage is paradoxical. In working with families, it is important to distinguish process and outcome. Likewise, it is important to distinguish between adaptation and growth goals. Intimacy and individuation will follow if counselors can facilitate process in the marital relationship. (Author)

This article portrays the counselor as a life-skills coach who is able to assess human needs and to provide both developmental and remedial instruction in critical areas. Salient fields for teaching basics are identified and six arenas in which the counselor-coach may work are suggested. (Author)

The writer remains unconvinced that counsellors should become more like teachers, but rather suggests that they continue to relate to their clients in a very special way that helps to release their potential not only to do their own thing but also to make someone elses' thing their thing. (Author)