Review of Counseling and discipline

Abstract

Reviews the book, "Counseling and discipline," by E. G. Williamson and J. D. Foley (see record 1950-02824-000 ). This book commands attention not only because of the fact that most of us have been thinking of counseling as being anything but discipline, but also because the authors can be expected to have something worth while to say on the subject. The book begins with a discussion of student misbehavior as an outgrowth of student life, thus placing discipline in its proper context as an integral part of student personnel work and showing that other aspects of personnel work are concerned with discipline in a preventive way. This is followed by a treatment of behavior theory as related to discipline, emphasizing that behavior and misbehavior are learned. Disciplinary counseling is viewed as aiming to remove the causes of misbehavior and to help the student learn adaptive modes of behavior. The administration of disciplinary counseling at Minnesota is then described in detail. This is not a book that counselors will find helpful if they do not encounter problems involving discipline. But if they do, they will find that it does a good deal both to clarify the nature of the distinction between therapy and discipline, and to show how counseling can contribute to the handling of discipline. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)