Journal of Counseling and Development articles from March 2002

Journal of Counseling and Development archives from March 2002

Counseling transgendered, transsexual, and gender-variant clients. (Practice & Theory).
March 22, 2002... Despite the recent focus on multiculturalism and diversity within the counseling field, the transgender population has been given insufficient attention in research and in counselor training. Although gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues are...

Mandated supervision: an intervention for disciplined professionals. (Practice & Theory).
March 22, 2002... One of the hallmarks of a profession is the commitment to self-governance, usually by establishing minimum standards of care or practice to which members of the profession ascribe. Accordingly, the primary purpose of regulatory boards of...

Women and alcoholism: a biopsychosocial perspective and treatment approaches. (Practice & Theory).
March 22, 2002... Due to a complex blend of biological and psychosocial factors related to female alcohol abuse that we detail in this article, women present for treatment with a unique set of issues and challenges that must be addressed in order to foster the...

The relationship of culture and empathy in cross-cultural counseling. (Practice & Theory).
March 22, 2002... Empathy is a core condition for providing effective psychotherapy. There has been overwhelming agreement that empathy is central to counseling and psychotherapy and transcends developmental stages in the counseling process (Gladstein, 1983;...

Amicus curiae brief for the United States Supreme Court on mental health issues associated with "physician-assisted suicide". (Practice & Theory).
March 22, 2002... Many scholars have stated that the controversy over the acceptability of hastened death (alternately, and more narrowly, called "physician-assisted suicide" or "physician aid-in-dying") is, and will continue to be, the most important and...

Alternative ways of measuring counselees' Jungian psychological-type preferences. (Research).
March 22, 2002... Instruments measuring Carl Jung's (1921/1971) theory of psychological types have been widely used in various counseling contexts, including career counseling, marital and family therapy, and team building. Older Jungian measures include the...

Constructing family-friendly careers: mothers' experiences. (Research).
March 22, 2002... Numerous cultural forces have contributed to a modern polarization of work and family roles. Historically, women s work and family roles were defined primarily by male power structures, leading to a perception that work performed by women was...

Perfectionism and self-development: implications for college adjustment. (Research).
March 22, 2002... As constructs, perfectionism and narcissism have rich conceptual histories. Although the tenor in the literature has been a decided emphasis on the maladaptive aspects of these constructs, both lend themselves to relatively healthy as well as...

Perfectionism, dysfunctional attitudes, and self-esteem: a structural equations analysis. (Research).
March 22, 2002... Authors and researchers have given increasing attention to perfectionism in recent years. This attention has included a proliferation of scales designed to measure perfectionism and investigations of the relationship between perfectionism and a...

Assessing threats of school violence: implications for counselors. (Trends).
March 22, 2002... Although school violence has been impressed on the consciousness of the American public in recent years, there is evidence to suggest that violence among adolescents is on the decline (Koplan, Autry; & Hyman, 2001). However, recent school...

Archival feature: 2001-2002.
March 22, 2002... ACA OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES: 2001-2002 GOVERNING COUNCIL President Jane Goodman President-Elect David M. Kaplan Immediate Past President Judith A. Lewis Treasurer Loretta J. Bradley Executive...

Report of the ACA Ethics Committee: 2000-2001.
March 22, 2002... The American Counseling Association (ACA) Ethics Committee annual report provides the membership with information about activities of the Ethics Committee throughout the preceding year. The Ethics Committee has published an annual report in the...