Changes in counseling center client problems across 13 years.

Lecture 13 : 1 - Center , 1 - Median problems

Given a set of points P = {p1, p2 . . . , pn} ⊂ R, the 1-center problem is to determine the smallest radius ball containing P . Let x be the center of the ball and let r be its radius. We can express the problem of finding the 1-center as the following optimization problem. min r, ||x− pi|| ≤ r ∀i ≤ n In order to avoid computing square roots, we can reformulate the problem as: min r ||x− pi|| ≤...

Counseling the Client: An Administrator’s View

This Article examines what natural law is and how it should be used as an approach for lawyers. The article first describes that the theory of natural law and positive law is to attain the goal of effecting the common good. Daniel Degnan considers cases from his experience as a law school dean and how the counselors in those cases made good use of a natural law approach. Although the lawyers in...

Counseling and Mental Health Center

This study is a service evaluation of short-term therapeutic effectiveness and progress in therapy for participants seeking help at 42 different counseling centers across the nation. To examine the dose-effect relationship between the number of sessions (dosage) and the therapeutic outcome, 1,698 subjects were monitored through their therapy process as part of a large, nationwide counseling cen...

Glucose Metabolism Changes Evident 13 Years Before Diabetes

“All metabolic measures followed linear trends in the group of non-diabetics except for insulin secretion that did not change during follow-up,” Tabak et al report in their abstract. Among diabetics, fasting glucose was accompanied by “...a steep quadratic increase.” Fasting glucose levels averaged 5.79 mmol/L at baseline and increased to 7.40 mmol/L “...starting three years before a diagnosis ...

Lay Christian Counseling and Client Expectations for Integration in Therapy