Computers have been around since 1946. The relationship between computers and counseling, and in a wider sense psychotherapy, has existed for decades. The impact of computer technologies on counseling has changed over time. The purpose of this digest is to summarize and review the historical events of the counseling-computer relations. This will…

In attempting to deal with a child brought into the clinic because of a problem, the overriding question for the therapist is not so much what is the "true' or the "real' problem, but rather what approach will create the maximum therapeutic effect in the situation. (CS)

Discusses terms which describe family networks, offers examples of clinical transactions couched in these terms, and generalizes from experiences with families in one particular black community toward application to the larger field of child psychiatry. (CS/Author)

This author investigates the claim that A-B therapist type is associated with variation in the process and outcome of psychotherapy by testing the hypothesis that A's are superior with schizophrenics and both are comparably successful with neurotics. (RWP)

The author suggests that effectiveness in human resources development is a function primarily of two factors: the skills with which the helpers relate to other people (interpersonal skills), and the skills which they have in their specialty areas (program skills). (Author)

Analytic therapists as a group judged therapeutic outcome more positively than did behavior therapists, which was interpreted as a greater predisposition to see change where none existed. (Author)

Reports the result of an attempt at applying the standardized schedule for the treatment of snake phobia in groups. (Author)

In the case of a man with an acute onset of stuttering and massive free floating anxiety following an automobile accident, a variety of behavioral techniques, including relaxation training, assertive training, graded rehearsal and modification of behavioral operants were employed, with the complete eradication of the symptoms in five sessions. The…

Investigates the generalization of verbal conditioning effects to postconditioning personality and behavioral measures. Results demonstrated conditioning and generalization to some of the personality measures. (Author)

This paper presents a behavioristic view of how persons acquire knowledge of their psychological characteristics and examines counseling from his framework. Persons infer underlying motivational characteristics to account for actions they assign to personal causes. Assignment of cause is based on social comparison and counseling provides such…

This study was designed to study the generality of a conclusion that psychotherapy leads to a significantly greater increase in variability of posttest outcome measures within treatment groups than within control groups. The results suggest that, most commonly, therapy and control situations have little effect on changing variability in outcome…

The author discusses the developmental stages of man and presents an open ended diagram to help clarify his view of the developmental nature of guidance. (BY)