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Understanding and treating social phobia.(Practice & Theory)
January 1, 2004... Social phobia is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994), as "a marked and persistent fear of social or performance situations in which...
Developing and nurturing excellence in African American male adolescents.(Practice & Theory)
January 1, 2004... Across the nation, scores of African American male adolescents can be observed wandering the halls of public schools, alienated from the educational process, searching for the making of their American dream. Their absence is often conspicuous...
The developmental origins and treatment needs of female adolescents with depression.(Practice & Theory)
January 1, 2004... What could lead a middle class female adolescent in the prime of health with her whole future blooming ahead, to tell the counselor, "Everything good in me died in junior high" (Pipher, 1994, p. 21)? Unfortunately, the feelings of this...
Help-seeking and counseling within a traditional male gender role: an examination from a multicultural perspective.(Practice & Theory)
January 1, 2004... Criticizing the current practice of counseling and psychotherapy for the limitations based in its Eurocentric construction, Ivey (1993) maintained that the counseling system must be modified to better serve various clientele. His contention was...
Preventing vicarious trauma: what counselors should know when working with trauma survivors.(Practice & Theory)
January 1, 2004... Counselors in all settings work with clients who are survivors of trauma. Vicarious trauma, or counselors developing trauma reactions secondary to exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, is not uncommon. The purpose of this article is to...
Solution-focused counseling and motivational interviewing: a consideration of confluence.(Practice & Theory)
January 1, 2004... Solution-focused counseling (SFC) and motivational interviewing (MI) have gained recognition over the past 2 decades. A review of the features of these counseling approaches is provided, as well as an examination of the similarities and...
A ten-year longitudinal study of the career development of students: summary findings.(Research)
January 1, 2004... For many years, the career development of children has been viewed as a critical part of the overall education of the individual. A number of theories examining the career development of children have been developed including Ginzberg,...
The relationship between marital characteristics, marital interaction processes, and marital satisfaction.(Research)
January 1, 2004... Marriage has been described as the most important and fundamental human relationship because it provides the primary structure for establishing a family relationship and rearing the next generation (Larson & Holman, 1994). The desirability of...
Differentiation of self mediates college stress and adjustment.(Research)
January 1, 2004... In the last two decades, the field of counseling has attended more than previously to the role of the family in the development of young adults, with growing recognition that the quality of family relationships plays an important role in...
Intervention studies on forgiveness: a meta-analysis.(Research)
January 1, 2004... A promising area of counseling research that emerged in the 1990s is the scientific investigation of forgiveness interventions. Although the notion of forgiving is ancient (Enright & the Human Development Study Group, 1991), it has not been...
Male restricted emotionality and counseling supervision.(Research)
January 1, 2004... There is a growing body of literature demonstrating that some aspects of the traditional male gender role are associated with negative outcomes for men (see Brooks & Good, 2001a, 2001b, for review). For example, men who strictly adhere to the...
Testing and assessment issues with Spanish-English bilingual Latinos.(Assessment & Diagnosis)
January 1, 2004... The most recent U.S. census (Therrien & Ramirez, 2000) estimated that 32.8 million Latinos in the United States account for 12% of the U.S. population. Future projections indicate that by the year 2025, Latinos will account for 44% of the...
Practical guide for reporting effect size in quantitative research in the Journal of Counseling & Development.(Trends)
January 1, 2004... Whereas statistical significance tests assess the reliability of the relationship between independent and dependent variables, effect sizes assess the strength of the relationship. When reported and interpreted appropriately, effect size...
When lightning strikes: reexamining creativity in psychotherapy.(Trends)
January 1, 2004... Few journals have devoted an entire issue to the topic of creativity in psychotherapy. Lorna Hecker edited a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments, & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice (JCAAHPP; Hecker, 2002), which...
Carl Rogers's life and work: an assessment on the 100th anniversary of his birth.(Profile)
January 1, 2004... Carl Rogers (1902-2002) was America's most influential counselor and psychotherapist--and one of its most prominent psychologists. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, it seems fitting to review his life, work, and...