Virus-Like Ideas: The Role of Counselors in the Ecology of the Ideosphere.

Develops an analogy between viruses and ideas. Suggests that ideas, like viruses, can invade and infect us and that immune systems need to be developed to prevent future infection of destructive ideas. Discusses implications of the virus-idea analogy for the counseling profession, including counselors' susceptibility to infectious ideas which they in turn transmit to their clients. (Author/PVV)