This paper describes an in-service workshop for counselors which, although unique because of funding support, provided outcomes which are applicable to all in-service settings. The workshop featured a comprehensive attempt to provide in-service help in several areas of concern: time management, overall group work, behavioral counseling, decision…

This workshop focuses on the utility of decision making counseling: what it is, how it is operationalized into counseling behaviors, and what applications it has to counseling. Four sequential stages are proposed for explaining the use of the technique, including: (1) conceptualization; (2) enlargement of the response repertoire; (3)…