Articles & Chapters on Pair Counseling

         (and the Pair Counseling Manual)

Karcher, M. J., Brown, B. B., & Elliot, D. (2003).

Enlisting peers in developmental interventions:

Principles and practices.  In S. F. Hamilton &

M. A. Hamilton (Eds.), Handbook of youth development (pp. 193-215). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.


Karcher, M. J. (2002b).  The principles and practice of pair counseling: A dyadic play therapy for aggressive, withdrawn, and socially immature youth. International Journal of Play Therapy, 11, 121-147.


Karcher, M. J., & Lewis, S. S. (2002a). Pair counseling: The effects of a dyadic developmental play therapy on interpersonal understanding and externalizing behaviors.  International Journal of Play Therapy, 11, 19-41.*


Schneider, B. H., Karcher, M. J., & Schlapkohl, W. (1999). Relationship counseling across cultures: Cultural sensitivity and beyond. In P. Pedersen (Ed.), Multiculturalism as a fourth force. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis.


Barr, D. J., Karcher, M. J., & Selman, R. L. (1998). Pair therapy.  In N. E. Alessi, J. T. Coyle, S. I. Harrison, & S. Eth (Eds.), Handbook of child and adolescent psychiatry, Vol. IV: Basic psychiatric science and treatment (pp. 423-431). New York: John Wiley & Sons.


Karcher, M. J. (1997). From perspective taking to emotion making in a middle school pair. In R. L. Selman, C. L. Watts, & L. H. Schultz (Eds.), Fostering friendship: Pair therapy for treatment and prevention (pp. 121-144). Hawthorn, NY: Aldine deGruyter.


Karcher, M. J., & Nakkula, M. J. (1997). Multicultural pair counseling and the development of expanded worldviews.  In R. L. Selman, C. L. Watts, & L. H. Schultz (Eds.), Fostering friendship: Pair therapy for treatment and prevention (pp. 207-227). Hawthorn, NY: Aldine deGruyter.


Karcher, M. J. (1996). Pairing for the prevention of prejudice: Pair counseling to promote intergroup understanding. The Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 36, 119-143.


* = original research that is data-based