This study attempts to appraise the value of a training group psychotherapy experience within the counselor training program. The results indicated that the group psychotherapy influenced the trainees personal characteristics and professional attributes. Also 60 percent of the trainees sought further counseling or psychotherapy. (Author/CG)

The use of in vivo and imaginal desensitization procedures for treatment of a fear of flying in airplanes is described. The direct benefits of the program, along with the positive effects it had upon progress on a series of other, equally troublesome presenting problems is discussed. (Author)

Patients were interviewed to determine if phenomena observed in psychodynamic psychotherapies had occurred in their behavior therapies as well. Results indicated that the prevalence of behavior modification techniques was not significantly related to outcome, whereas patients' personal feelings about their therapists were. Also, the important…

Observations based on psychodrama with deaf people, relating to interaction between people and the communication process, are made. How role training skills, which involve some of the skills of psychodrama, can be applied by professionals in vocational and social learning situations is illustrated. (KW)

Following the first session of implosive therapy, the patient was able to return to school and attend his most anxiety arousing class. After four sessions, he returned to school on a full time basis with no reported anxiety. (Author/KJ)

The MMPI was used to derive personality measures. Therapist and patient ratings of the therapy relationship served as the dependent variables. Therapy outcomes were found to be positively related to therapist's level of anxiety and negatively related to therapist's level of repressiveness. Patients' levels of anxiety and repressiveness were both…

This article summarizes the theory of early recollections in a way that suggests its adaptation to current practice in counseling and psychotherapy. (Author)

Approach entailed obtaining patients' scores on a sympton checklist and a role expectancy scale prior to therapy, on the basis of his scores, the patient was assigned to that therapist who, over a previous year, had obtained the most "positive" outcomes with regard to patients showing particular pretherapy score patterns. Presented at American…

Paradoxical behavior of dependent P females tending to leave psychotherapy prematurely has been linked to the initial tendency of male therapists to be nondirective with females. The proposal was tested by having 43 college females state preferences for directive or nondirective therapist statements on an otherwise verbatim therapy transcript…

A comparison of therapeutic activity of A and B therapists obtained from tape recordings of therapy hours suggested that: (1) B therapists tended to be more facilitative; (2) A therapists tended to be somewhat more interpretative and negative. The present findings are consistent with previous research with the A and B scale, which suggested a…

Comparison of college students seeking psychotherapy with a similar group not seeking therapy revealed that the former group generally had higher defense and lower coping scores than the latter. (CK)