Resistant, intermediate, and nonresistant female college students (N=150) listened to counseling session with female counselor using either tentative or absolute style of interpretation. Subjects rated counselor's expertness, attractiveness, trustworthiness; helpfulness and effectiveness of interpretations; and willingness to see counselor.…

Examined effects of intimacy of interviewer's disclosure and racial composition of counselor-client dyad on clients' liking for counselor, impressions of counselor, and subsequent self-disclosure in peer counseling analogue. Results from 64 White and 64 Black female college student clients revealed that intimate disclosure by counselor was useful…

Examines the presence, visibility, and influence of women in the child welfare system, as clients, workers, and decision makers. Explores impediments to the reconceptualization of child welfare as a feminist issue. Four directions for change are discussed, including consciousness-raising, organizing, infusing child welfare with feminist forms, and…

Identified factors for matching individuals to treatments by surveying experts in the field of obesity about the indications and contraindications of 11 common approaches to weight loss. Experts provided 170 client characteristics as possible matching factors. Discusses potential variables for studies on matching individuals to treatments along…

Reviews three areas of psychotherapy process research: therapist behaviors, client behaviors, and therapist-client interaction. Examines how each of these variables affects the process of treatment and how they are likely to affect treatment outcomes. Implications for research with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse are examined. (JPS)

Notes that large portion of high school counselor's clientele, working parents, are not available during regular school hours. Suggests model program using flexible scheduling for high school counselors designed to address the issues of a changing clientele, a changing society, and changing expectation of counselors and schools. (NB)

This article discusses the special education system in Nigeria, focusing on integration; training of special educators; medical, health, and welfare services for children with disabilities; recreational facilities; employment opportunities; national planning; and problems and successes. (JDD)

Responds to previous article by Douglas C. Smith on exploring the religious-spiritual needs of the dying in which Smith presents psychosocial tools than can be used to assess, examine, and amplify client's religious-spiritual strengths. Compares Smith's work to classic values clarification, addresses issues of counselor judgment and informed…

Written for non-Asian family therapists who must deal with increasing number of Asian-American client families, asserts that cultural sensitivity can be learned and that client and therapist need not have same ethnic background. Describes several culturally important values and offers suggestions on how to orient treatment to fit this client…

Presents summary of what transpired at symposium organized to address feelings of ethnic-minority researchers about impact of white researchers investigating cross-cultural issues. Concludes with four lessons to be drawn from whole topic of minority and majority researchers investigating ethnic-minority populations and other cross-cultural issues.…

Examines four innovative staff training programs in Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, and Washington: four states with varying human service traditions and social needs. Maintains that those involved with the design and development of child protective services training programs should take into account the significant strides made by these four programs.…

Describes Sinte Gleska University's Human Services Program, which offers associate and baccalaureate programs to train midlevel human service professionals (i.e., criminal justice and mental health/social workers) within a reservation context. Describes program outcomes. Stresses the need for training to serve culturally different persons in the…

Used Cognitive Mapping Task (CMT) to perform in-depth content analysis of conceptualizations of two novice and two experienced counselors about change in counseling and about specific client problems. Analysis of CMTs suggests that novices in the study lacked the domain-specific schemata that may aid experienced counselors in efficiently…

Delineates specific steps necessary to successfully recruit and retain American Indians in counselor training programs, proposes a curriculum for training counselors to effectively provide services to American Indians with disabilities, and discusses the responsibility of counselor educators to concern themselves with the "job placement" of their…

Notes that, in working with prekindergarten children, elementary counselors may integrate such therapeutic approaches as play techniques, affective education, behavior modification, bibliotherapy, relaxation training, and family counseling. Focuses on benefits of developmental play counseling and affective education with young children. (NB)