RELATIONSHIP AND REALITY COUNSELING IN A CORRECTIONAL SETTING

• NCJ Number: 45020
• Journal: OFFENDER REHABILITATION Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Dated: (FALL 1977) Pages: 39-43
• Author(s): R E Lawrence; G W Krieger
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Haworth Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE PROVISION OF COUNSELING SERVICES BY DOCTORAL STUDENTS TO INMATES OF A MEDIUM-SOCIETY PRISON IN MARYLAND IS DESCRIBED.

Abstract

TWO DOCTORAL STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S REHABILITATION COUNSELOR EDUCATION PROGRAM COUNSELED 67 CLIENTS (8 ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, 36 ON A GROUP BASIS, AND 23 IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SESSIONS). TWO PRIMARY APPROACHES WERE USED: THE RELATIONSHIP APPROACH, WHICH STRESSES THE INTERPERSONAL ENCOUNTER OF COUNSELOR AND CLIENT AND THE EXPLORATION OF FEELINGS BY THE CLIENT; AND THE REALITY APPROACH, WHICH EMPHASIZES BEHAVIOR CHANGE AS NECESSARY FOR CLIENT GROWTH. BOTH APPROACHES ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF THE INMATES. OUTCOMES WERE POSITIVE FOR BOTH APPROACHES. INNOVATIVE FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDED USE OF A FEMALE COUNSELOR IN A PRISON SETTING, INTERRACIAL COUNSELING, AND RECOGNITION OF COUNSELING AS A NECESSARY PART OF THE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM. A LIST OF REFERENCES IS INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--LKM)