How videotape helps patients, teaches students and trains therapy staff (Author)

The present paper presents systematically the theories and practices which belong to the scope of humanistic psychology. (Editor/RK)

Self-recording of behavior in behavior modification appears to be reactive, with the phenomenon having two components: actual changes in behavior as a function of self-recording and possible unreliability of self-observers. The present study was undertaken to differentially examine the reactivity and reliability of self-observations. (Author)

Authors were devoted to the interpretation and elaboration of George Kelly's psychology of personal constructs, which explained total human behavior in terms of the related contexts in which people expect events to occur. Kelly's theory and applications for education and psychotherapy were described. (Editor/RK)

Prior to beginning therapy, 88 children (ages 6-12) participated in either a therapy preparation interview or a social history interview that was irrelevant to therapy. It was found that prepared clients were less likely to terminate therapy prematurely. (Author)

H. J. Eyseneck comments on the relation between A-B status of therapists and success of treatment in the first article. The second article contains a reply by Leonard E. James. (HMV)

Presented before the cobined session of the Section on Athletic Medicine and the Section on Mental Health, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis Minnesota, May 2, 1968.

The third and final paper in a series on underachievement presents a case study of a 12-year-old underachiever. The boy's family situation, psychological test results, and reactions to treatment (a combination of behavior modification, psychotherapy, and environmental manipulation) are recounted. (CL)

The author traces the case histories of five anorexic female patients treated in the therapeutic milieu in a psychiatric inpatient unit. The history of anorexia nervosa is reviewed, incidence of the disorder is cited, and common characteristics are described. Case histories are presented in terms of events precipitating the weight loss, behavior…

This report summarizes and compares the views of expert groups of lawyers, psychotherapists, and clergy on the divorcing process and the role of the professional in assisting the divorcing. There was considerably greater difference of opinion on these issues among the lawyers than among either the therapists or clergy. (Author)

Both volunteer and nonvolunteer subjects were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. In the choice condition, subjects were led to believe that they had a choice, and in the second condition subjects were denied the choice of treatment. Volunteer subjects who were given a choice significantly valued the treatment more. (Author)

There are three explicit psychotherapeutic propositions of reality therapy that, when combined, create a positive growth-and-development orientation to human behavior: (1) individuals are capable of constructive and creative change; (2) people can become more responsible, creative, and productive; and (3) people are capable of helping each other…

The author examines the stress effects that the women's movement has on women, on men, and on male-female relationships, and makes several observations on the implications this stress has for therapists working with college couples. (MJB)

Discusses the ease with which mental labels become imprinted in our system, six basic axioms for maintaining negative mental tattoos, and psychological processes for eliminating mental tattoos and labels. (RK)