Evolution of a Group Therapeutic Approach to School Age Pregnant Girls

Values in Counseling Probationers

“…Sometimes a probationer can enter into a therapeutic relationship to some degree (Schmideberg, 1970). However, most probationers have difficulty with relationships and seem to benefit from a more cognitive approach (Braen, 1969;Sarason & Ganzer, 1973;Truax & Witmer, 1973). Many probationers seem paradoxically to be reaching out for relationship : &dquo;You're the only counselor who ever really understood me.&dquo; Since this is exactly what a good counselor wants to hear, some counselors will fail to realize that becoming a &dquo;friend&dquo; to some clients will involve losing all usefulness to those clients.…”