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Journal of Counseling and Development articles from September 2005
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Journal of Counseling and Development archives from September 2005
Child-centered group play therapy with African American boys at the elementary school level.(Practice & Theory)
September 22, 2005... African American boys face numerous challenges in society within the United States, including prejudice, discrimination, racism, economic hardship, limited access to support services, educational biases, and community violence (Barbarin, 1993;...
Suicide by teenagers in middle school: a postvention team approach.(Practice & Theory)
September 22, 2005... This article was prompted by a recent suicide by a middle school child. The school counselor who was involved (the sixth author) related the following experience.
* One Child's Suicide
As a helping professional working in public...
The devaluation of inner subjective experiences by the counseling profession: a plea to reclaim the essence of the profession.(Practice & Theory)
September 22, 2005... Historically, counselors have placed great value on the inner subjective experiences (ISE) of clients. This emphasis on the unique way that clients experience the world was present at the beginning of the counseling profession, when vocational...
Putting it on the line: telephone counseling for adolescent smokers.(Practice & Theory)
September 22, 2005... Shortly after adolescents start smoking regularly, they express a desire to quit. Studies indicate that more than half of adolescent smokers make quit attempts each year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998). Yet only 2% to 4% of...
Managed mental health care: intentional misdiagnosis of mental disorders.(Practice & Theory)
September 22, 2005... Managed mental health care has significantly affected the counseling profession. Managed care guidelines determine whether and how counselors deliver services and whether services are reimbursable. Counselors are particularly challenged when...
Herbaceuticals: an overview for counselors.(Practice & Theory)
September 22, 2005... While more information on psychotropic medications is becoming available to counselors (Ingersoll, 2000; Ingersoll, Bauer, & Bums, in press), there is little published information on herbaceuticals. In this article, I use the word"...
Mental health practitioners: the relationship between White racial identity attitudes and self-reported multicultural counseling competencies.(Research)
September 22, 2005... Throughout the preceding 3 decades (Arredondo-Dowd & Gonsalves, 1980; Pedersen, 1987; Sue, 1977; Sue, Arredondo, & McDavis, 1992; Sue & Sue, 1977), a strong call has emerged within the counseling profession advancing the proposition that it is...
Predicting expectations about counseling: psychological factors and gender implications.(Research)
September 22, 2005... Counselors are continually exploring ways to improve the effectiveness of counseling. One way is to better understand clients' motivations for seeking out counseling services and their expectations about the counseling process. Two theories...
In the midst of a hurricane: a case study of a couple living with AIDS.(Research)
September 22, 2005... That is the big thing I have learned from this illness. The time is now, if you have people that you love and care about, you take that time. You have to live each day like you have a lifetime, and each day like you have just a short period of...
Research and statistical techniques used in the Journal of Counseling & Development: 1990-2001.(Research)
September 22, 2005... The Journal of Counseling & Development (JCD) is the principal journal of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and is considered by many to be the premier counseling journal in the world. JCD is the only association-wide journal for ACA...
The American Counseling Association Practice Research Network (ACA-PRN): a new research tool.(Research)
September 22, 2005... Although there are more than 79,000 licensed professional counselors currently practicing in the United States, this figure is small when one considers there are 5 times this number of counselors practicing in the United States. Despite the...
Spiritual and nonspiritual approaches to dream work: effects on clients' well-being.(Research)
September 22, 2005... From antiquity to the present, some people have viewed dreams as possible links to spiritual realms and sacred forces (Van de Castle, 1994; Wollmering, 1997). Virtually every religious tradition throughout history has sought spiritual guidance,...
A call for greater collaboration between the Counseling Psychology and School Counseling professions.(Trends)
September 22, 2005... As a profession in the 21st century, counseling psychology, like many other helping professions (e.g., school counseling), is confronted with several harsh realities that undermine its professional well-being. In many of these cases, the...
Book review of Handbook of Group Counseling and Psychotherapy.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... * Handbook of Group Counseling and Psychotherapy by Janice L. DeLucia-Waack, Deborah A. Gerrity, Cynthia R. Kalodner, & Maria T. Riva (Eds.), 2004, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 744 pages, $110.00, ISBN 0-76192-469-8.
There is an abundance of...