The right to intervene in the life of another and the power helpers have when they do intervene are value-laden issues. Excerpts from nonprofessional literature are used to stimulate a reexamination of these issues as they pertain to counseling. (Author)

This article describes the Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) procedure as used in one setting to assist counselors examine the interpersonal dynamics of the counseling process through the use of video-tape recording. (JC)

This paper is an attempt to provide a survey of the work of one of our seminal interpersonal theorists, S. Potter. His writings are analyzed for their relevance to the consultant of today and to the consultant of yesterday. (Author)

These findings, along with prior ones from the same investigation, suggest that outcome is affected by the attitudes and beliefs of therapists concerning prognosis for lower-class and severely disturbed clients: therapists who believe they can help such clients can often do so. (Author)

Correctional counseling is in some ways quite different from school counseling in the areas of freedom and authority. Many barriers exist in the field of corrections, particularly in prisons, that hinder the establishment of an effective counseling program or counseling relationship. Counselors who enter the field of corrections are pioneering a…

The librarian-counselor is not proposed as an ideal substitute for a full-time counselor. However, in a small, financially pressed school with no counselor, the librarian may well be the best candidate for a part-time counselor position. (Author)

The involuntary client is a frequently encountered problem in employment counseling and other social agency counseling. Possible reasons for his recalcitrance are examined and their implications for the counseling relationship are discussed. (Author)

It is the thesis of this article that college counselors would make more economical and efficacious use of their time and would greatly reduce the risk of turning off'' students if they employed in vivo desensitization rather than systematic desensitization when dealing with anxious clients. (Author)

This article discusses the types of problems counselors encounter when they deal with those who want to stop using heroin and focuses on those issues about which most people seem unaware. (Author)

Students described counselors and advisers similarly as more warm and friendly than psychiatrists who were considered more intellectual, analytic, decisive, cold, and critical. Students viewed counselors and advisers as more appropriate sources of help with vocational and educational problems and considered psychiatrists more appropriate for…