Discusses what a poet can offer severely disturbed psychiatric patients and how that is distinct from what a clinician offers. (SR)

When, why, and how clinicians decide to write about clients are ethical concerns. There are risks and potential clinical ramifications as well as responsibilities for how these decisions are made. On the basis of 141 interviews with psychoanalysts who have published in 3 major national and international psychoanalytic journals, the author explores…

As technology advances and the use of online counseling becomes more routine, attention must be paid to instruction regarding online counseling skills. The authors present considerations for teaching basic online counseling skills to master's-level counseling students. Recommendations are made for helping students to establish and maintain…

In the wake of a U.S. Justice Department investigation that found widespread use of excessive force by staff at upstate psychiatric care facilities for mentally ill children, this new edition of Child Welfare Watch identifies shortcomings in mental health services and explores possible solutions, including the expansion of alternatives to…

During psychotherapeutic work, couples typically present distinctly contradictory stories about their life together. This paper explores how a psychotherapist may promote mutually beneficial change for couples who contradict each other. One suggested tactic is a non-impositional approach to therapy using a narrative-oriented context. Such a tactic…

This article discusses the current role and status of recreation in corrections. (PD)

These findings suggest that the relative effect of the main therapeutic procedure and expectancy (defined by the presence or absence of a therapeutic rationale and instructions suggesting a positive outcome from treatment) varies with different behavioral therapies. With reinforced practice and covert sensitization the main therapeutic procedure…

Shelter care for adolescents has evolved into a specialized kind of child care. While in a shelter, the child experiences positive rewards as well as discipline in a controlled environment; evaluative measures are performed to develop a realistic long-term treatment plan for the child. (Author)

Using six different measures of therapist empathy employed in previous research, this study correlated the empathy measures with each other, with a measure of therapeutic process (depth of self-exploration), and with several outcome measures. (Author)

J. W. Thibaut and H. H. Kelley's analysis of interaction in dyads is used as a general framework in analysis of the conditions for premature discontinuance in treatment. Empirical evidence in support of the proposed conceptualization is cited and reviewed. (Author)

Interpersonal variables such as sex, age, and race have been shown to influence research, interviewing, school, and therapy interactions. The practitioner should be aware of this influence, both in his own work and in his work with other people. (Author)

Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation scale scores were used to assign a high and a low compatibility psychiatric patient to each of 24 therapists. It was concluded that by use of matching procedures a higher level of interpersonal attraction can be promoted between patients and their therapists, but the significance of therapist patient…

Asserts that identifying and analyzing major concepts in counseling is essential if high quality, therapeutic relationships are to be fostered within the discipline. Illustrates one method of concept analysis. Analyzes concept of empathy, recognized as a key to quality counseling and an absolutely essential element in therapeutic relationships.…