reevaluation counseling
a therapeutic approach involving cocounseling between individuals. In the process, two people take turns counseling and being counseled. The process starts with one individual (acting as counselor) asking the other (acting as client) a provocative question and continues with other steps, such as asking the client to cite two or three minor upsets that have recently occurred. The client is encouraged to respond emotionally, to work through the emotions, and then to act as the counselor for the other person. Also called reevaluation cocounseling. [developed in the 1950s by U.S. personal counselor Harvey Jackins (1916–1999)]