Book reviews and books received

Kicking guidance into touch Ray Woolfe, Stephen Murgatroyd and Sylvia Rhys:Guidance and Counselling in Adult and Continuing EducationMilton Keynes: Open University Press, 1987, £7.95.

Pain can be catching Jeffrey A. Kottler: On Being u Therapist. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1986. 12819.95

Therapy as the pursuit of cornpassion Carl Goldberg: On Being a Psychotherapist: the Journey of the Healer.New York: Gardner, 1986. f32. Reviewed by Laurence Spurling, Psychotherapist and Tutor, Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of London

ACT now G.S. Howard, D.W. Nance and P. Myers: Adaptive Counseling andTherapy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1987. 12830.75. Reviewed by Ruth Short, WestminsterSocial Services Department, London     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Challenges to Graduate Schools by Ann M. Heiss Therapy with Families of Sexually Acting-Out Girls by Alfred S. Friedman et al Tests and Measurements by Leona E. Tyler. Report of the Commission on Tests: I, Righting the Balance; II, Briefs by the Commission on Tests. 2, 4, 6, 8, When You Gonna Integrate? by Frank A. Petroni, Ernest A. Hirsch, and C. Lillian Petroni Issues of the Seventies edited by Fred F. Harcleroad. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Guiding Human Development: The Counselor and the Teacher in the Elementary School by June Grant Shane, Harold G. Shane, Robert L. Gibson, and Paul F. Munger Encounters with the Self by Don E. Hamachek What Black Educators Are Saying edited by Nathan Wright, Jr. The School Counselor as a Professional by John J. Pietrofesa and John Vriend. The Degradation of the Academic Dogma by Robert Nisbet. Developmental Counseling and Guidance: A Comprehensive School Approach by Don C. Dinkmeyer and Charles E. Caldwell. Foundations of Guidance (Second Edition) by Carroll H. Miller. Techniques for Behavior Change: Applications of Adlerian Theory edited by Arthur G. Nikelly     

A Review of “CHANGE: Principles of Problem Formulation and Problem Resolution (Rev. ed.),” by Paul Watzlawick,John H. Weakland,and Richard Fisch

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Enrichment: Structured Intervention with Couples, Families and Groups, Luciano L'Abate, Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1977, $9.95, 374 pages

Daddy's Girl, Mama's Boy, J. Rue and L. Shanahan, New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1978, $8.95, 250 pages

Problem-Solving Therapy, Jay Haley, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1976, $13.95, 275 pages

Theropy for Couples: A Clinician's Guide for Effective Treotment Billie S. Ables in collaboration with Jeffrey M. Brandsma San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1977, $13.95, 364 pages     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Career Education: What It Is and How to Do It by Kenneth B. Hoyt Human Resources and Labor Markets—Labor and Manpower in the American Economy by Sar A. Levitan, Garth L. Mangum, and Ray Marshall. Counseling: Theory and Process by James C. Hansen, Richard R. Stevic, and Richard W. Warner, Jr. Boston: Behavior Modification Procedures for School Personnel by Beth Sulzer and G. Roy Mayer. Hinsdale The Two-Career Family by Lynn Lythe Holmstrom. Psychology of Women—A Study in Bio-Cultural Conflicts by Judith M. Bardwick. Groups: Facilitating Individual Growth and Societal Change by Walter M. Lifton. Forensic Psychology in Disability Adjudication: A Decade of Experience—Vocational Experts in the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals edited by Robert B. Hannings, Philip Ash, and Daniel Sinick. The Interview: Research on Its Anatomy and Structure by Joseph D. Matarazzo and Arthur N. Wiens. Youth: Myths and Realities by Richard R. Stevic and Robert H. Rossberg. The Illusion of Equality by Murray Milner, Jr. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Education and the Rise of the Corporate State by Joel H. Spring. Emotional Intimacy—Overlooked Requirement for Survival by Alan M. Dahms.     

The tasks of self-managing hepatitis C: the significance of disclosure

The narratives of those with hepatitis C were viewed through the lens of Corbin and Strauss' [Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (1988). Unending work and care: Managing chronic illness at home. The Jossey-Bass health series and The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.] self-management model for chronic illness, using qualitative methodology. Fifteen Australian hepatitis C positive interviewees described the challenges and turning points in adjusting to their diagnosis. The data were analysed using open- and closed-coding methods. Support was found for a self-management model encompassing medical, emotional and life role facets for those adjusting to life with hepatitis C. Unique challenges emerged beyond those described by Corbin and Strauss (1988), namely that disclosure impacted both positively and negatively on the tasks of self-management. It was concluded that self-management may be compromised by disclosure, particularly distress derived from hepatitis C-related stigma. The self-management tasks described contribute to broadening clinicians' understanding of the challenges faced by those living with hepatitis C.     

At home with himself: John Beebe at 65

John Beebe was born in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago Medical School. He has maintained his private practice of psychiatry in San Rancisco since 1971, and he became a Jungian analyst in 1978. In 2002 he completed a two-year term as President of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. He is the founding editor of The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, the co-editor of Psychiatric Treatment: Crisis, Clinic, and Consultation, and editor of Money, Food, Drink, Fashion, and Analytic Raining (Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Analytical Psychology) and C. G. Jung's Aspects of the Masculine. He is the author of Integrity in Depth and has recently edited the proceedings of the 2002 North American Conference of Jungian Analysts and Candidates, Terror, Violence, and the Impulse to Destroy: Perspectives from Analytical Psychology, which he helped to organize. I first met John in his cozy office on a peaceful winter afternoon in San Francisco not long after he had turned sixt, y, and we continued to correspond over the ensuing years to produce this interview.     

Book Reviews

Publishers wishing to have their books considered for review in this column should send two copies of each book to Editor, Personnel and Guidance Journal , 1607 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. The Impact of College on Students by Kenneth A. Feldman and Theodore M. Newcomb. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1969. 2 volumes, 645 pp. $15.00 the set. Your Marriage and Family Living by Paul H. Landis. St. Louis: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Webster Division, 1969. 479 pp. $5.70. The American School Counselor: A Case Study of the Sociology of Professions by David J. Armor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1969. 227 pp. $7.50. The High School Student: Understanding and Treating His Emotional Problems by Morris A. Sklansky, Sylvia W. Silverman, and Helen G. Rabichow. New York: Association Press, 1969. 256 pp. $6.95. Mental Health and the Community: Problems, Programs, and Strategies edited by Milton F. Shore and Fortune V. Mannino. New York: Behavioral Publications, Inc., 1969. 225 pp. $7.95 hardbound, $4.65 paperback. The Antisocial Child: His Family and His Community (The Langley-Porter Child Psychiatry Series, Volume 4) edited by S. A. Szurek and I. N. Berlin. Palo Alto, California: Science and Behavior Books, Inc., 1969. 224 pp. $6.95. Behavioral Counseling by John D. Krumboltz and Carl E. Thoresen. New York: Holt, Rine-hart, & Winston, Inc., 1969. 515 pp. $7.95.     

Book reviews

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Eldercare by James Kenny&;Stephen Spicer. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1988, 152 pages, $11.95 paper

Lonely All the Time: Recognizing, Understanding and Overcoming Sex Addiction, for Addicts and Co-dependents by Ralph Earle&;Gregory Crow with Kevin Osborn. New York: Pocket Books, 1989, 337 pages, $19.95

The Imperfect Therapist: Learning from Failure in Therapeutic Practice by Jeffrey A. Kotter&;Diane S. Blau. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989, 188 pages, $19.95

Families with a Difference: Varieties of Surrogate Parenthood by Michael Humphreys&;Heather Humphreys. New York: Routledge, 1988, 177 pages, $45.00

Between Husbands and Wives: Communication in Marriage by Mary Anne Fitzpatrick. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1988, 283 pages, $35.00 hardbound, $16.50 paperback     

The tasks of self-managing hepatitis C: The significance of disclosure

The narratives of those with hepatitis C were viewed through the lens of Corbin and Strauss’ [Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (1988). Unending work and care: Managing chronic illness at home. The Jossey-Bass health series and The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.] self-management model for chronic illness, using qualitative methodology. Fifteen Australian hepatitis C positive interviewees described the challenges and turning points in adjusting to their diagnosis. The data were analysed using open- and closed-coding methods. Support was found for a self-management model encompassing medical, emotional and life role facets for those adjusting to life with hepatitis C. Unique challenges emerged beyond those described by Corbin and Strauss (1988 Corbin, J and Strauss, A. 1988. Unending work and care: Managing chronic illness at home, The Jossey-Bass health series and The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.  [Google Scholar]), namely that disclosure impacted both positively and negatively on the tasks of self-management. It was concluded that self-management may be compromised by disclosure, particularly distress derived from hepatitis C-related stigma. The self-management tasks described contribute to broadening clinicians’ understanding of the challenges faced by those living with hepatitis C.     

Book reviews and books received

Stephen Murgatroyd and Ray Woolfe: Helping Families in Distress. London: Harper & Row, 1985. 5.95.

Christopher Clulow (in collaboration with Lyn Cudmore): Marital Therapy: an Inside View. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1985. 9.50 (hardback); 5.50 (paperback).

S. D. Brown and R. W. Lent (eds.): Handbook of Counselling Psychology. London: Wiley, 1984. 61.90.

Richard D. Parsons and Joel Meyers:Developing Consultation Skills: a Guide to Training, Development, and Assessment for Human Service Professionals. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1984. 22.00.     

A psychological interview process for career assessment

The authors present a comprehensive four-step process for conducting initial career assessment by interview. The process assesses skills, interests, values, non-work relationships, goals and activities, and psychological aspects such as self-esteem and work attitudes. The interview process is flexible, internally consistent and portable. Step One analyzes the client's work history and includes reasons why such a history may be inadequate. Step Two examines work-related preferences. Step Three investigates lifestyle context, and Step Four produces a summary of all the accumulated interview information, including options the client wishes to avoid. Detailed worksheets accompany the article.This article has been adapted, with permission, from Chapter 3, Promoting Client Self Understanding, in Yost, E. B., and Corbishley, M. A.Career Counseling: A Psychological Approach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1987.     

Adaptation to work: An analysis of employee health, withdrawal, and change

J. Rosse and H. Miller (1984, in P. Goodman, R. Atkin et al., Absenteeism: New Approaches to understanding, measuring, and managing employee absence. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass) have proposed a model of employee adaptation that hypothesizes multiple withdrawal behaviors and attempts to change working conditions as alternative forms of adaptation to a dissatisfying work environment. Negative health outcomes are also hypothesized consequences of dissatisfaction with work. In this longitudinal study of 42 new hospital employees, intention to quit, turnover, absence, attempts to change the job, and heatlh disorders were negatively correlated with job satisfaction; lateness and self-report avoidance scale were not. Use of adaptive behaviors was also found to have remedial effects for employee health. Implications for a general model of adaptation are discussed.     

Jungian Studies Graduate Program

Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center of San Francisco, in partnership with the Jung Educational Center of Houston, launched fully accredited master's and doctoral degrees in Jungian studies in the fall of 2008. A class of 17 full-time students completed the first year of studies and a second cadre will begin in both San Francisco and Houston in the fall of 2009. Additionally, students who wish only to deepen their understanding of Jung may undertake a 16-credit Jungian studies certificate course over a 2-year period. The Jungian studies courses are taught by Jungian analysts through in-person seminars, and other courses can be acquired online.     

Book reviews and books received

Paul Willis: Learning to Labour. Farnborough: Saxon House, 1977. £7.50.

Dean Juniper: Human Relationships for Schools and Colleges. London: Cressrelles, 1977. £6.

Theodore K. Miller and Judith S. Prince: The Future of Student Affairs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1976. £8.

C.J. Morgan and G.R. Hart: Career Education in Australia. Cambridge: CRAC/Hobsons, 1977. £9.

Wyn Bramley: Personal Tutoring in Higher Education. Guildford, Surrey: Society for Research into Higher Education, 1977. £4.10.

Martin Davies: Support Systems in Social Work. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. £4.95.

Anne Jones: Counselling Adolescents in School. London: Kogan Page, 1977. £4.95.

Frank Costin: Abnormal Psychology. Homewood, Illinois: Irwin, 1976. £4.85 (paperback).     

Book Reviews

Publishers wishing to have their books considered for review in this column should send two copies of each book to Editor, Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1607 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher by Jim Haskins. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1969. 149 pp. $4.95. Teaching and Learning in City Schools by Eleanor Burke Leacock. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1969. 263 pp. $7.50. Search for Relevance: The Campus in Crisis by Joseph Axelrod, Mervin Friedman, Winslow R. Hatch, Joseph Katz, and Nevitt Sanford. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1969. 211 pp. $7.75. The Drop-out: Causes and Cures by Lucius F. Cervantes with the assistance of Grace Platts Husted. Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Paperbacks, University of Michigan Press, 1969. 244 pp. $2.45. The Discovery of Talent edited by Dael Wolfle. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969. 316 pp. $9.50.     

Book reviews and books received

Michael Marland: Pastoral Care. London: Heinemann, 1974. £3.50. Gerald Haigh: Pastoral Care. London: Pitman, 1975. £2.50 hardback; £1.25 paperback.

D.G. Appleby and A.E. Winder: T-Groups and Therapy Groups in a Changing Society. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1973. £4.95.

B.W. Napier and M.K. Gershenfeld: Groups: Theory and Experience. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. £5.25.

D.W. Johnson and F.P. Johnson: Joining Together: Group Therapy and Group Skills. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1974. £3.45.

John Shaw: The Self in Social Work. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. £1.50.

Roger Thomas and Diana Wetherell: Looking Forward to Work. London: HMSO, 1974. £4.60.

Bruce Shertzer and Shelley C. Stone: Fundamentals of Counselling. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974 (2nd edition). £6.60.     

Reviews

Books reviewed Learner‐Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice. By Maryellen Weimer. San Francisco: Jossey‐Bass Publishers, 2002. xxv + 258 pages. ISBN 0‐7879‐5646‐5. $33.00 Millennials Go to College: Strategies for a New Generation on Campus. By Neil Howe and William Strauss. The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) and LifeCourse Associates, 2003. iii + 156 pages. ISBN 1‐57858‐033‐1. $49.00. The Importance of Physical Space in Creating Supportive Learning Environments. Edited by Nancy Van Note Chism and Deborah J. Bickford. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, no. 92. San Francisco: Jossey Bass Publishers, 2002. 97 pages + index. ISBN 0‐7879‐6344‐5. $27.00 Religions Today: An Introduction. By Mary Pat Fisher. London: Routledge, 2002. 319 pages. ISBN 0‐415‐26282‐2. Seeking Passage: Post‐Structuralism, Pedagogy, Ethics. By Rebecca A. Martusewicz. New York, N.Y.: Teachers College Press, 2001. vxi + 143 pages. ISBN 0‐8077‐4024‐1.     

A Review of: “A Limbo of Shards”

The following interview began as a family conversation over the Christmas holidays in 1987 at the home of Jane and Joseph (Jo) Wheelwright on the Hollister Ranch in Santa Barbara County, California. Betty, the Wheelwrights' daughter-in-law and a writer and teacher, was curious about their thoughts on gender differences. With the tape recorder running, they agreed to answer some questions.

The Wheelwrights both worked personally with C. G. Jung and have been Jungian analysts for 50 years. They, with others, founded the C. G. Jung Institute of San Fmncisco in 1943. Dr. Joseph Wheelwright is Emeritus Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and a former faculty member of the University of California in Berkeley. He has published about 50 articles in various psychological journals in the US. and abroad. Jane Hollister Wheelwright has written about gender issues in Women and Men (San Francisco Jung Institute, 1978) and in For Women Growing Older: The Animus (C. G. Jung Educational Center of Houston, Texas, 1984). She grew up in the wilderness, an experience that has influenced many of her preceptions.     

Psychological distance,stated values and values in use: An approach to considering interactions for counselling within organizations

The work of Argyris (Reasoning, Learning and Action: Individual and Organisational: San Francisco Jossey-Bass, 1982) demonstrated the gaps that we tend tio have between our stated values and those that we actually use in practice. That of Micholt (Transactional Analysis Journal, 22, 228–233, 1992) illustrated the concept of psychological distance as applied tio facilitating groups in an organizational setting. These are both important works which can be very useful in conceptualizing the organizational context of counselling and also the client's problem situation. By combining these two approaches, it is possible to demonstrate a more detailed picture of the psychological distance and some of the potential problems inherent in interactions among three (or more) parties. For counselling, the combined approach emphasizes the importance of the counsellor remaining aware that the client's story is likely to reveal their stated values and that only by gaining a values-in-action perspective (i. e. behaviour) about the client's life can the counsellor adequately assess the client's situation. The examples given in this paper relate to counselling in an organisational context, but the approach may be applied tio facilitation, geneal management or consltancy.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance edited by William E. Hopke. Compensatory Education for the Disadvantaged (Programs and Practices: Preschool through College) by Edmund W. Gordon and Doxey A. Wilkerson. Untapped Good: The Rehabilitation of School Dropouts by Norman M. Chansky. Manpower Policies for Youth edited by Eli E. Cohen and Louise Kapp. The American Student's Freedom of Expression: A Research Appraisal by E. G. Williamson and John L. Cowan. Prep School Guide for Jewish Youth edited by S. Norman Feingold. Anxious Youth: Dynamics of Delinquency by William C. Kvaraceus. Adjustment to Blindness—Re-Viewed by Mary K. Bauman and Norman M. Yoder.