A psychometric analysis of the Whitehorn-Betz A-Toward effective counseling andpsychotherapy. Chicago: Aldine. A study of psychotherapeutic relationships between physicians and schizophrenic patients.Studied 30 outpatient, psychotherapy clients and assessed their relative change of status at termination and 6-months posttreatment. The vast majority of clients indicated improvement during the treatment period. A majority maintained or continued to make gains during the posttherapy period. Socioeconomic status, age, total psychotherapy sessions, initial neuroticism, and initial extraversion were identified as predictors of positive change in status at termination and follow-up. Socioeconomic status, negative life events, marital change, total psychotherapy sessions, initial neuroticism, and age were identified as variables that discriminated between those individuals who did and did not improve.
Many public and private agencies lack a systematic process for evaluating the quality of counselor supervision. The Effective Supervision and Consultation (ESC) model is proposed as a guide for counselor educators who are helping agencies build effective supervision programs. The ESC model is presented with an emphasis on the assessment, training, and evaluation components of consultation services in counselor supervision.
The authors provide a selected review of research evaluating the impact of psychodrama and role playing in correctional environments . The review encompasses experimental, quasi-experimental, case and descriptive studies over the past 50 years, as well as recommendations for future research. The paper concludes with some implications for practitioners.
513This article presents an evaluation of a group counseling program for residents of a community release corrections facility. Results indicate that short-term counseling contributes to significant changes in participant adjustment. This adjustment was characterized by both a reduction in distressful symptoms and an improved perception of the correlations environment. Significant factors within the counseling program process are discussed in relationship to treatment effects.
is a counselor and consultant in private practice as well as co-developer of the Model Mental Health Project. His interests include staff training and cooperative efforts with the criminal justice system. Robert Bennetti, B.A., is the Program Supervisor for the Quadrante group home, where he has worked for the past five years. The authors wish to express their appreciation to the Division of Developmental Disabilities State of Arizona, for its support of the Quadrante group home. In particular we thank Ron Barber, District Program Manager, and Frank Vasquez, Assistant Program Manager for Dis trict II, DDD.
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