Reviews studies of counseling relationship, using Gelso and Carter's multidimensional model to summarize empirical support for "real,""unreal," and "working alliance" elements of relationship. Discussion of implications of potential model shift in thinking of counseling relationship outlines how adoption of social…

Responds to earlier article by Sexton and Whiston (1994) on counseling relationship. Points out problems with the social constructivist position discussed by Sexton and Whiston, and advocates for generic model of psychotherapy which posits multidimensional conceptualization of counseling relationship that encompasses both "real"…

Responds to earlier article by Sexton and Whiston (1994) on counseling relationship. Contends that Sexton and Whiston defined counseling relationship too broadly. Disagrees with Sexton and Whiston's inclusion of interpersonal interaction into domain of counseling relationship and with their characterization of real relationship as being composed…

Responds to earlier article by Sexton and Whiston (1994) on counseling relationship. Commends Sexton and Whiston's decision to use Gelso and Carter's multidimensional model to guide research review. Asserts, however, that weaknesses exist in operations used to define real, unreal, and working alliance components. Questions both definitions of…

A therapeutic document model using language as an active change agent is presented, which extends the practice of the therapeutic letter to group counseling. Grounded in social constructionism, this model transforms client documentation into a functional intervention. Competency based, it has the potential to enhance self-agency and expedite…

Examines the nature of the subjective experience of schizophrenic individuals (N=54) during symptom-fluctuation episodes, what the individuals perceived as the most important symptom fluctuations during those episodes, and what the individuals perceived as causing the fluctuations. The findings suggest that mental-health professionals should be…

This case study describes use of a program of self-mediated recording and intervention, including distraction techniques, with monitoring within the family, with an 8-year-old child with leukemia and a generalized anxiety about health. Anxiety was reduced to the normal range and maintained at that level at a nine-month followup assessment.…

Small-group development is an important aspect of adventure therapy. Supplementing knowledge of sequential stages of group development with knowledge concerning within-stage nonsequential development yields a richer understanding of groups. Integrating elements of the individual counseling relationship (working alliance, transference, and real…

Reviews the gambling literature and the phases of the pathological gambler's career. Examines counseling approaches that have been used in the treatment of gambling, including psychotherapy, conjoint marital therapy, minimal interventions, behavioral counseling, and practical approaches to the treatment of adolescent problem gamblers. (Author/GCP)

Social network analysis (SNA) uses indices of relatedness among individuals to produce representations of social structures and positions inherent in dyads or groups. SNA methods provide quantitative representations of ongoing transactional patterns in a given social environment. Methodological issues, applications and resources are discussed…

Describes Project HOPE (New York), a psycho-social support program for noninfected children of HIV-positive parents, including the challenges of starting and implementing the program's psychotherapy group for grieving adolescents and clinical examples of group process and effective interventions in group leadership. Explicates the four stages in…

Addresses the need to reflect on how the dynamics of gender and power can be articulated together and adversely affect counseling and supervision relationships. Suggests incorporating a social analysis into supervision to help counselors clarify the political nature of some therapeutic issues, thus addressing gender stereotypes. Supports a…

Uses work with anxiety-disordered youth as an example of potentially transportable manual-based treatment. Examines client factors, service-clinic therapist factors, and researcher factors that may contribute to the reported gap between research and practice outcomes. (JPS)

Examines whether fear of therapy and psychological distress were predictive of help-seeking. A nonclinical student sample (n=263) completed measures of their treatment fears, expectations, anxiety, psychological distress and help-seeking likelihood. Concerns about image, stigma, coercion, and psychological distress were all related to help-seeking…

Offers the generic model of psychotherapy as a transtheoretical model of universal change processes. Examines session-three change processes in a naturalistic study of dynamic therapy guided by the generic model. Findings replicate and extend earlier work addressing propositions of the generic model in dynamic therapy. Openness and bond…