The effects of therapists' and patients' moods on therapist empathy, warmth, and genuineness were studied in an intensive design. It was concluded that the therapist feelings preceding the facilitative therapy hour'' were not the same for high- and low-facilitative therapists. The use of the intensive design in psychotherapy processs research was…

This article describes three predictable and sequential phases that represent a normal cycle of emotional responses by victims of sexual assualt. A series of interventions was developed to help patients work through each phase as smoothly as possible. (Author)

In general, none of the measures of rated disturbance was related to outcome criteria, but small to modest inverse relationships were obtained between the measures of subjective disturbance and global ratings of outcome. (Author)

The results of this study provide evidence that counselors become involved in the defensive maneuvers of clients when objective self discrepant information is presented. (Author)

Attributes of facilitation are a process of enabling change, a climate for learning, and a negotiated, collaborative process. Facilitator qualities, access to a learning situation, and motivation must be present for facilitation to occur. Consequences of facilitation are reciprocal change and feedback and increased independence. (SK)

Describes one educator's efforts to aid gang members by initiating alternative education and recreation projects in Oakland and Los Angeles, California. Believing that young people join groups to fulfill unmet needs, the author finds caring adults the key to helping kids with affiliation and self-esteem deficiencies. (MLH)

Reports two studies of the process by which supportive messages in nonintimate relationships yield positive outcomes. Finds that an offer of assistance to a person working on a stressful cognitive task improves performance and that supportive messages (regardless of form) are perceived by observers as beneficial to a person working on a…

Liberal and socialist feminist theory is used to demonstrate how the male institution of professionalism has hindered the evolution of the predominantly female discipline of nursing. Knowledge acquired through the experience of caring should be an integral part of the vision of nursing. (SK)

Illustrates application of Carkhuff's model to occupational therapy, through the core dimensions (empathy, respect, genuineness, concreteness), helping client learning (exploration, understanding, action), and helper skills (attending, responding, personalizing, and initiating). (SK)

The ability to process and use information effectively is not only an empowerment tool for students, but a basic survival skill. To develop information literacy in students means that schools must legitimize the teaching and learning process. Teachers must function as facilitators of learning in collaboration with students, other teachers, and…

Twenty-five persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) described and validated 100 ethical problems that are experienced by people with AIDS from 3 levels of ethical inquiry: descriptive ethics, normative ethics, and metaethics. Findings suggest strategies for improving nursing ethics education. (JOW)

As choral directors across the country work to prepare their choirs for concerts, festivals, and contests, it is a common practice for them to invite a guest clinician to attend rehearsals for guidance and assistance. The rationale for this idea is logical and simple--two heads are better than one. However, the actual visit can be anything from a…

According to an influential view, empathy has, and should have, a role in ethics, but it is by no means clear what is meant by "empathy", and why exactly it is supposed to be morally good. Recently, Peter Goldie has challenged that view. He shows how problematic empathy is, and argues that taking an external perspective is morally…