Racial resentment can affect the treatment relationship between client and therapist, especially if they are of different races. All psychotherapists must recognize anger in Black clients as a healthy response to oppression and help them to find constructive outlets for these feelings. (Author/GC)

Argues that in the past few decades, it has become increasingly evident that psychotherapy, generally speaking, is ineffective. The present paper suggests three major respects in which much (perhaps most) psychotherapy and counseling is being "misdirected or misapplied." As corollaries, alternative types of remedial endeavor are suggested. (Author)

Believes the therapeutic situation that offers the greatest awareness with the least amount of dehumanization is a synthesis of the gestalt and the existential humanistic (EH) orientations. Considers the relationship and possible synthesis of the existential and gestalt positions. (Author/RK)

Establishes a conceptual approach to the etiology of psychological trauma. Reviews the literature and includes a case study to exemplify how the disruption of social relationships can interfere with the normal functioning of personality in the posttraumatic state until an appropriate therapeutic intervention or experience occurs. (RJM)

Discusses the clinical use of story, and examines the therapeutic use of interactive bibliotherapy as a catalyst for healing and empowering an emotionally abused woman. Offers a case history of the adult woman, discussing the use of dialog journals and a particular children's book in her therapy. (SR)

Points out challenges of a contextual worldview for career counseling and psychotherapy. Presents a metaperspetive for counseling practice that includes a conception of major life contexts and a developmental process goal of effective functioning in these contexts. (Contains 99 references.) (SK)

Examined differences between more and less effective trainee psychotherapists. Found less effective therapists had lower levels of empathic understanding, rated patients as more involved in treatment, and rated themselves as more supportive than did more effective therapists. Less effective therapists valued comfort and stimulation significantly…

Reviews research on six theoretical propositions central to psychodynamic psychotherapy: (1) establish an alliance; (2) patient displays central relationship theme (transference); (3) transference interpretations are helpful; (4) therapist interprets transference; (5) patient gains self-understanding; and (6) patient's improvement is reflected in…

Developed method for aggregating psychodynamic formulations of independent clinicians. Panels of clinicians observed videotaped interviews of patients and wrote individual formulations which were combined into consensual formulation. Other clinical raters read each consensual formulation and judged whether each problem was apt to be distressing…

Presents interview of psychotherapist Albert Ellis who discusses his early days, the women in his life, and his personal characteristics and offers personal reflections on his professional career. (Author)

Used multidimensional scaling to investigate how theistic or atheistic values of an analogue counselor influenced trust of the counselor by 49 religious psychotherapy clients and 51 religious leaders. All 100 subjects were Mormons. Results suggest that subjects would be more likely to trust counselors more who self-disclosed a belief in God. (NB)

Introduces and tests an eclectic model of psychotherapy aimed at alleviating problems of single divorced mothers, including what was believed to be an underlying dependency. Model includes psychodynamic and behavioral techniques. Used a repeated single-subject design to evaluate the treatment model. (Author/ABL)

An interview with Helen B. Landgarten, a pioneer in art psychotherapy, addresses how she came to work in this field, her training, her experience with Jungian therapy, current approaches to training art therapists, her own painting, and the role of the American Art Therapy Association today. (DB)

Selected successful and unsuccessful case for 15 therapists and coded early session for each case using mean therapeutic index (intrasubject averaging of composite values assigned to each therapeutic verbal statement during session). Results revealed that mean therapeutic index accounted for 85% of variance in classification of treatment outcome…

Presents the story of grieving nine-year-old Stephanie, who discovers her own rhythmic voice through poetry and writing. Shows how in the process, she begins to move through the intricate mass of denial, grief, and loss buried deep within her. (SR)