Seven male and nine female graduate students in counseling psychology were asked to interview an actor and an actress whom they believed to be real clients. To half of the counselors, the players posed as well-to-do individuals, and to half they posed as working class individuals. They briefly mentioned their socioeconomic status at the beginning of the interview and then told the counselor about some of the problems they were experiencing. When the clients were presented as having lower status, a significant correlation coefficient existed between (a) the counselor's selfreported degree of personality similarity to the client and the counselor's self-reported liking for the client, and (b) the counselor's self-reported liking for the client and the counselor's estimate that the client would benefit from long-term counseling. No significant correlation coefficient existed for data collected during high-status interviews. These results suggest that counselors may unconsciously employ a different decision-making process for highand low-status clients.
The use of biofeedback in various conditions which normally do not respond well to psychotherapy has been practiced for many years. In this study, biofeedback is used with a case ofSpasmotic Torticollis. Although the progress may seem rather slow to some, it must be remembered that the patient suffered with this condition for more than six years prior to biofeedback treatment. As a result of EMG trained relaxation, he was able to regain partial control of those muscles which in a spasm permitted his head to be drawn to the opposite side of his body. Improvement continues with time and the prognosis for complete recovery now seems possible.
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