For the elderly client, the adjustment to aging and a realistic perspective toward death go hand in hand. The counselor must help the client to realize the usefulness of his present life and to make realistic preparations (wills, burial arrangements) for his death. Such work can be done effectively via group or individual therapy sessions,…

Career Exploration Groups were developed to meet the growing need of helping students make decisions about careers. The groups meet four times for 2-hour sessions. During the first session vocational biographies or introductions are presented by each group member. The second session is devoted to value clarification and decision-making. During the…

This document discusses Activity Group Guidance (AGG) which is viewed as a useful tool for counselors who wish to include developmental guidance as part of their programs. AGG is a process in which group participants experience and discuss one or more guidance principles through the planning and completing of some task or project. One group…

This paper provides a rationale for group pre-marriage counseling based on the social nature of factors influencing the marriage model. The author suggests that while group pre-marriage counseling invites disillusionment, it offers the antidote--the realization that disillusionment occurred not necessarily because of a bad choice, but because of…

The self-defeating behavior (SDB) theory was applied to veterans who had problems in job training, vocational placement, and academic settings. A group-therapy structure meeting eight times during a four-week period was the basic approach of the SDB seminar. (Author)

Presents a description and consumer-based evaluation of a predivorce workshop. Highlighted are the concerns of the divorcing individuals, the approaches taken by the workshop staff, and the resulting evaluations made by the workshop participants. A follow-up study is included. (Author)

Reviews seven previous articles on Personal Mastery Group Counseling and discusses their main advantages and disadvantages. The relationship of Personal Mastery Group Counseling to Rational-Emotive Therapy is also considered. (Author)

Reality therapy methods in the classroom were examined via a four-group experimental design. The groups were as follows: (a) pretested reality therapy, (b) unpretested reality therapy, (c) pretested placebo, and (d) unpretested placebo. Findings were not supportive of reality therapy methods as applied in the classroom. (Author)

This study investigated the differences in self-understanding, measured in a mock job interview, between 13 students who participated in values clarification exercises and 15 students who did not. Immediate results indicated that participants evidenced better self-understanding than nonparticipants. Six months later, responding subjects reported…

This article discusses the initial development tasks that greet the student making the transition from school to college. A three-session, structured group program is outlined for helping the new student meet these tasks systematically rather than haphazardly. (Author)

Women students in a community college were studied to determine the effects of single-sex counseling groups and two single-sex minicourses on reducing alienation and increasing self-regard and inner direction in women. (Author)

The author examines patterns of how students get involved in group counseling programs (either self-referred or teacher-referred) and discusses implications for the future. (HMV)

Family network intervention is a therapeutic approach aiming to mobilize family and friendship support systems in a collaborative effort to solve a crisis. A team of therapists helps the family and its extended social system become involved in a networking process consisting of six distinct phases. (Author)

Describes counseling with military personnel who have battered their wives and includes referral procedures, assessment, and a group intervention. Associates group participation with increases in relationship skills and curtailed battering. (Author)

Evaluated a brief, collaborative-structured approach to group counseling which specifically differs from traditional development groups in that the content was chosen and the group norms established in the context of a structured and limited framework. Indicated that this approach may be a viable alternative for understaffed counseling centers.…