Author states that to cling to the idea that empathy in itself is sufficient leads to fruitlessness and frustrating efforts in endless exploration with both client and counselor chasing their tails. A counselor therapist also needs discrimination skills, decision making skills, program development skills, and program implementation skills. (Author)

The author discusses several basic principles necessary in becoming an effective human relations advocate. (HMV)

Reviews seven previous articles on Personal Mastery Group Counseling and discusses their main advantages and disadvantages. The relationship of Personal Mastery Group Counseling to Rational-Emotive Therapy is also considered. (Author)

Presents a referral form which facilitates the gathering of multimodal information in the counseling process. The form follows the HELPING acronym and each mode can be expanded to fit in additional information regarding any particular child. (Author)

The author describes a set of procedures used frequently in his own counseling practice which are part of a therapeutic approach he has termed "Integral Therapy." (Author)

The Gestalt techniques of staying in the present, focusing on self-awareness, using fantasy, and experimenting with opposites can facilitate working with critical rehabilitation problems. Adapting the Gestalt approach would provide trained counselors with the opportunity to add to their helping repertoire. (Author)

Counselors at all levels are perpetually seeking new and more effective ways of establishing and maintaining therapeutic contact with their clients. The author has found the use of family photographs in counseling as a very effective means of establishing a good counselor-client relationship. (Author/HMV)

Reviews a five-step sequence designed to help the counselor in self-evaluation. The steps include: (1) what he needs to know; (2) getting the answers; (3) doing a dry run; (4) administering the survey; and (5) analyzing and interpreting the results. (Author/PC)

Discusses the efficacy of the consulting strategy for working with minority students and gives specific suggestions as to how it may be effectively employed. (Author)

Discusses the need for increased creativity in counseling. Focuses on various techniques, such as building on present knowledge bases, understanding one's own values, and expanding vistas, to develop creative activity. (EJT)

Presents a six-step model for conflict resolution and describes several ways a counselor can act as a helping agent in conflict management. (Author)

Humor has a place in counseling. The paper touches on some of the more prominent theoretical explanations of humor, presents assumptions that seem pertinent to any rationale for using humor in counseling, points out the reasons counselors may have overlooked its value, and considers the uses and abuses of humor. (Author)

The issues dealt with in contemporary films portray a variety of social problems. Counselors can use films to discuss the issues dramatized, facilitate responses to the situations experienced, and encourage consideration of alternative responses. (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)

The author discusses the cause and effect relationship between image and self-concept. This article will convince readers that it is impossible to be black in a world of white-controlled imagery without having a zero self-image. Black counselors must help black youth examine the images projected and develop positive self-images. (Author)