Counselor cognitive complexity is an important factor in counseling efficacy. The Counselor Cognitions Questionnaire (L. E. Welfare, 2006) and the Washington University Sentence Completion Test (J. Loevinger & R. Wessler, 1970) were used to explore the nature of general and domain-specific cognitive complexity. Counseling experience,…

Parental involvement is crucial to facilitating a child's high school success and enhancing their post-secondary opportunities. Unfortunately, the ability for Latina/o parents and guardians to engage in parental involvement is hindered by a general lack of familiarity with U.S. educational systems and post-secondary options. With these…

In this consensual qualitative research study, the authors explored supervisors' (n= 11) and their supervisees' (n= 31) perceptions of individual, triadic, and group supervision sessions during practicum. Data from supervisor individual interviews and supervisee focus-group interviews revealed several themes regarding the advantages and…

Noting that peer supervision groups are advocated for counselors at all experience levels, this article describes and illustrates a structured peer group format that encourages skill development, conceptual growth, participation, instructive feedback, and self-monitoring. Discusses emphasis on developing cognitive counseling skills and describes…

This digest focuses on characteristics of good supervisors. Only a few researchers have focused on supervisor qualities and skills, and only three very brief models of supervisor development have been proposed. Good supervisors seem to have many of the same qualities as good teachers and good counselors, i.e., being empathic, genuine, open, and…

This handbook is one of four handbooks developed for preservice and inservice counselor preparation and professional development. It was developed as a practical guide which will provide resources for counselor educators to use with students in practicum and internship settings in their training programs. It is also appropriate for use by…

An annual project involving students and faculty in a collaborative, 6-month planning process that culminates in a half-day program with both didactic and experiential components is presented as a model for creating powerful learning experiences external to the classroom. This article examines the CACREP (The 2001 Standards of the Council for…

Discusses the need for cultural characteristics to be addressed in supervision as a way of dealing with both opportunities and obstacles that may exist. The VISION model of cultural responsiveness is described as a practical means of supervisors exploring multicultural issues in the supervisory relationship. (Contains 43 references.) (Author/GCP)

Multiple case study of four supervisors of master's level students in a counselor education program indicated that numerous factors shaped supervisors' in-session performance and revealed a complex interplay between thoughts and behaviors. (ABL)

Conducted survey of 47 existing counseling supervision courses to provide guidelines for counselor educators interested in designing supervision instruction for their programs. Found typical supervision course to be both theoretical and experiential, and to include discussion of a variety of supervision approaches. (Author/NB)

Explores the existence of several group phenomena in a supervision group by using a discovery-oriented research approach for a group of master's-level supervisees (N=4). Results indicate that the supervision group was primarily task-oriented, made a contribution to supervisees' learning, and achieved the affiliation level of group development.…

Investigated impact of ego level on counseling ability of beginning students (n=86) and advanced students (n=44) in separate analogue and naturalistic studies. Found no relationship between ego level and counseling ability in beginning or advanced students. (Author/ABL)

Presents a standardized curriculum that can be applied to a variety of counselor supervisor training programs. Includes suggestions for implementation and research. Notes this guide is based on current knowledge, composed of the limited theoretical and empirical literature and supplemented by working group members' experience with supervision.…

Used multiple measures with nine supervisors-in-training to explore supervisor development. In terms of content of thoughts in response to particular vignette, participants' thoughts were primarily neutral, suggesting they were able to be nonjudgmental and objective. Participants seemed particularly challenged by situations that required…

Examined the effect of the sex role orientation and gender of counselor trainees on their counseling effectiveness. Counseling students (N=47) completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory, taped quasi-counseling sessions, and took an exam. Sex role orientation had a significant effect on counseling skills scores. Gender had no significant effect. (BH)