CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE
. THE COUNSELOR IN THE COMMUNITY
A graduate project submitted in partial satisfaction of the
requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in
Education
Educational Psycholgy
Counseling and Guidance
by
Martin Philip Israel
May, 1984
The Graduate Project of Martin Philip Israel is approved:
Liane Hurvitz, Ed. D
Richard Thiel, Ph. D.
(Chairman)
. California State University, Northridge
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to express my deepest gratitude
to Dr. Marvin Chernoff and Paul Michael for their great
professional skill and personal involvement.
In the
process of producing "The Counselor in the Community "
for public viewing, both have contributed their knowledge,
their experience, and their wisdom in making this program
a reality.
I owe Dr. Chernoff a special debt of gratitude
for providing this production the use of three of his copywritten psychological monologues for cablecast: "Chaim
Meets A Counselor" <01979,
"Chaim Discusses Death"
and "Everyone's Chariot of Fire"
~1979,
~1981.
I would also like to thank Penny Spector, JoAnn
Saliba, and Dr. Martin Goodman for their generous
contributions to "The Counselor in the Community." Their
knowledge and expertise in educational psychology and
counseling are invaluable to this production.
A very special thanks to Group W- Westinghouse
Cable Television for allowing me the opportunity to produce
and cablecast "The Counselor in the Community" to
120, 000 homes in the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
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ABSTRACT
THE COUNSELOR IN THE COMMUNITY
by
Martin Philip Israel
Master of Arts in Educational Psychology
A total of ten (10), thirty minute,
video-taped television
productions were produced and aired exploring the role and
function of the psychotherapist/counselor serving the community.
The program content includes the following:
Program I- -A description and discus sian of Freudian,
Adlerian, Behavioralistic, and Humanistic psychotherapies.
topics include
Other
Martin Buber' s "!-Thou" philosophy in relationship
to psychotherapy;
the struggle for identity;
the process and
resistance to change; breaking through resistance;
intra-psychic
conflict; and, building a relationship with a client.
Program TI--The discussion focuses on the reading and
analysis of a psychological monologue entitled,
A Counselor," e>l979 Marvin Chernoff,
Ph. D.
"Chaim Meets
Topics include
anxiety neurosis; transference neurosis; feelings of helplessness
and guilt; anger; feelings of persecution; existential anxiety; and
helping the client to focus on his feelings.
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Program III- -The reading and analysis of psychological
monologue,
Ph. D.
"Chaim Discusses Death,"
Topics include
~1979
Marvin Chernoff,
death and dying; the meaning of life; the
fear of death; childhood experiences; adulthood; and the philosophy
of Abraham Maslow.
Program IV- -Topics include
becoming a psychotherapist;
CSUN Master of Arts in Educational Psychology and Counseling;
MFCT; t:araprofessionalism; skills; empathy; confrontation; and
nurturing behavior.
Program V-- Topics include
jealousy and relationships;
loss of love objects and friendships; narcissistic loss; S. Freud;
crisis counseling; libido and thanatos; and transference and
counter-transference.
Program VI--Topics include frustration; mid-life crises;
and facing rejection.
ProgramVII-- Psychological monologue,
Chariot of Fire," «>1981
Marvin Chernoff,
Ph. D.
"Everyone's
Topics include :
competition; companionship; enthusiasm; loneliness; embarrassment;
and maturity.
Program VIII--Psychology and acting; creativity; Otto Rank;
and psychodrama.
Program IX...,-Learning disabled children; educational
psychology and counseling.
Program X- -Educational therapy and adolescent counseling.
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