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Rolffs S. Pinkerton

Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
Box 90955, Durham, NC 27708-0955
214 Page Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications


Reflections on individual psychotherapy with university students: What seems to work

Journal Article Journal of College Student Psychotherapy · July 1, 2009 The authors offer reflections on what seems to work in individual psychotherapy with university students. Discussion centers around the topics of triage and disposition, referral, crisis intervention, stress management, open-ended psychotherapy, extrathera ... Full text Cite

"I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE": THE COURTEOUS PSYCHOTHERAPIST

Journal Article Psychotherapy · 2008 Psychotherapists may behave discourteously toward clients, often unconsciously and without being aware of it. The effort here is to alert therapists to the simplest ingredient of the positive therapeutic relationship-behaving courteously toward our clients ... Full text Cite

Mental health consultation and psychology internship training

Journal Article Professional Psychology: Research and Practice · 2000 Psychology interns trained in American Psychological Association-approved internship programs are expected to demonstrate an intermediate to advanced level of skill in mental health consultation. Where do students learn the skills to consult with colleague ... Cite

Very brief psychological interventions with university students.

Journal Article J Am Coll Health · January 1994 Annual college mental health service statistics reveal that 50% to 60% of all students served are seen for very brief psychological interventions--5 or fewer sessions. A substantial portion of the students benefit from these very brief contacts. The author ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychotherapy and career counseling: toward an integration for use with college students.

Journal Article J Am Coll Health · November 1990 The authors suggest that psychotherapy and career counseling with college students can be identified as potentially concurrent and interactive processes. They seek to increase awareness of this connection and underscore the value of its application when it ... Full text Link to item Cite

Termination in brief psychotherapy: The case for an eclectic approach

Journal Article Psychotherapy · January 1, 1990 The termination phase of brief psychotherapy has received noteworthy attention. We offer perspectives on the process of termination in brief therapy. The literature suggests that either a major or a minimal emphasis be accorded the termination phase. Endin ... Full text Cite

The college student-athlete: psychological considerations and interventions.

Journal Article J Am Coll Health · March 1989 This article reviews the literature dealing with problems brought by student-athletes to college counseling and mental health centers. Among the issues discussed are fear of success; identity conflict; social isolation; poor athletic performance; academic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multidisciplinary training in the College Mental Health Service.

Journal Article Hosp Community Psychiatry · June 1987 A one-year training program for advanced psychiatry, psychology, and clinical social work students interested in college mental health is built into the framework of Duke University's Counseling and Psychological Services. The program's multidisciplinary t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Physical Fitness Training: Beneficial for Professional Psychologists?

Journal Article Professional Psychology Research and Practice · February 1, 1987 A survey was conducted to explore the degree to which practicing psychologists are involved in exercise programs, the patterns of exercise favored, and the degree of effect attributed to exercise on various dimensions of psychotherapy practice. Survey inst ... Full text Cite

Short-Term Psychotherapy and Graduate Training in Psychology

Journal Article Professional Psychology Research and Practice · December 1, 1986 We present the thesis that the psychology internship and the university-affiliated practicum site offer a special opportunity to train new professionals in brief psychotherapy. The reasons for this include (a) a growing client demand for time-limited treat ... Full text Cite

Single-session psychotherapy.

Journal Article Current psychiatric therapies · 1983 Cite

One or two session psychotherapy with university students.

Journal Article J Am Coll Health Assoc · February 1982 Full text Link to item Cite

Single-session psychotherapy.

Journal Article Am J Psychother · January 1982 Scattered reports of favorable outcomes from a single psychotherapy sessions have appeared over a long time period. This literature is collected. Case vignettes are presented illustrating three situations in which one session may suffice. Patient character ... Full text Link to item Cite

A model for assessing the needs of clients in a community mental health program

Journal Article Hospital and Community Psychiatry · 1978 Cite

Consultation--Or How We Wile Away the Hours

Journal Article Professional Psychology: Research and Practice · 1974 journal abstract: Often, game situations develop in a consultant-consultee relationship that threaten or prevent constructive progress. The article describes the most common games and suggests methods to prevent or correct them. (PsycINFO Database Record ( ... Full text Cite

The community mental health center and psychology internship training

Journal Article Professional Psychology: Research and Practice · 1972 journal abstract: Training centers are moving toward incorporating community mental health into their programs. This article describes the community component of a medical-school-based psychology internship program. The community program is based in three ... Full text Cite

An "action-facilitation" entry pattern of mental health consultation

Journal Article Professional Psychology: Research and Practice · 1970 Describes a program of school mental health consultation in which the consulting team initiates the program rather than responding to invitation. Such a requirement entails developing sanctions to consult, obtaining points of entry into the consultee's sys ... Full text Cite

INFLUENCE OF GROUP CONFINEMENT ON MOTOR SKILLS IN CHILDREN.

Journal Article Perceptual and motor skills · 1964 Cite