A Community Adolescent Self‐Help Center

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The Personnel and Guidance JournalVolume 54, Issue 4 p. 212-216 A Community Adolescent Self-Help Center Bernard A. O'Brien, Bernard A. O'Brien Associate Professor Bernard A. O'Brien: (right) is an Associate Professor of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He has worked with adults and delinquents in institutions and outpatient clinics and as a director of counselor training in a college counseling center. He is interested in adolescent problems and the integration of local community resources to help adolescents cope more effectively with critical developmental difficulties, and he encourages the use of groups at all school levels and in the community. His current projects include women's groups, integrated elementary groups with special emphasis on differences and prejudices, and self-help training groups. For the past three years he has been a volunteer consultant to The City, the center described in this article.Search for more papers by this authorMel Lewis, Mel Lewis Director Mel Lewis: (left), Director of The City, received his BA in business management from Miami University in Ohio. After working in retailing for several years, he felt the need for more intimate contact with people and returned to Miami University for an MS in personnel and counseling. He moved to the Boston area in search of a position in an alternative mental health program and spent six months as co-director of an outreach center that was part of a multimodality self-help program. In his capacity as director of The City, a post he has held for three years, he has emphasized community coordination and involvement in the development of a viable adolescent self-help center. His long-range plans include work on his doctorate in counseling psychology.Search for more papers by this author Bernard A. O'Brien, Bernard A. O'Brien Associate Professor Bernard A. O'Brien: (right) is an Associate Professor of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He has worked with adults and delinquents in institutions and outpatient clinics and as a director of counselor training in a college counseling center. He is interested in adolescent problems and the integration of local community resources to help adolescents cope more effectively with critical developmental difficulties, and he encourages the use of groups at all school levels and in the community. His current projects include women's groups, integrated elementary groups with special emphasis on differences and prejudices, and self-help training groups. For the past three years he has been a volunteer consultant to The City, the center described in this article.Search for more papers by this authorMel Lewis, Mel Lewis Director Mel Lewis: (left), Director of The City, received his BA in business management from Miami University in Ohio. After working in retailing for several years, he felt the need for more intimate contact with people and returned to Miami University for an MS in personnel and counseling. He moved to the Boston area in search of a position in an alternative mental health program and spent six months as co-director of an outreach center that was part of a multimodality self-help program. In his capacity as director of The City, a post he has held for three years, he has emphasized community coordination and involvement in the development of a viable adolescent self-help center. His long-range plans include work on his doctorate in counseling psychology.Search for more papers by this author First published: December 1975 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2164-4918.1975.tb04224.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume54, Issue4December 1975Pages 212-216 RelatedInformation