This article presents the findings of in-depth interviews with school counsellors in Nova Scotia on issues related to confidentiality and informed consent. Of the 224 school counsellors in the province, 43 counsellors, representing all school boards, agreed to a 45-minute semi-structured telephone interview focusing on their current practices…

In this study we investigated Alberta high school counsellors' knowledge about homosexuality and their attitudes toward gay males. Three questionnaires were mailed to 648 high school counselling centres; 223 individuals returned the completed questionnaires. Most counsellors attained low scores in measured homo-negativity and high scores regarding…

This paper examines zero tolerance discipline policies in Ontario's public school system legislated as the "Safe Schools Act (SSA)" 2001. The intent of our paper is to argue that the "SSA" set within a discourse of zero tolerance as the panacea to the problems of violence in schools has had a detrimental impact. Since the…

In 2008, British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) commissioned an environmental scan on the possible need for system-wide work on institutional admissions processes and practices. This scan is intended to seek system input and to provide guidance on the choice of research projects and other related work in the coming year. This…

Examined expectations of psychotherapists (N=68) using specific response modes to short written transcripts of therapy sessions under conditions of either high or low self-awareness. Analyses showed no difference between high and low self-awareness group and no significant relationships between self-rating of subjects and ratings of peers, or any…

Studied counselors' identification of seven commonly employed counselor response modes. Found that counselors tended to identify most of response modes in multifaceted manner that included high-level identities indicative of why response mode is employed and low-level identities concerned with how response mode is executed. Findings suggest that…

Investigated perceptions of 30 school counselors and 8 staff specialists regarding their effectiveness. Respondents perceived themselves as having impact in school problems, family problems, suicide, and sexual abuse. School problems, family problems, and suicide were also identified as areas in which counselors reported little impact. Counselors…

Considers whether women experience sex discrimination in counseling and whether an adequate solution to experienced sex bias is counseling with the same sex counselor. Concludes that there is little evidence that male counselors are more subject to bias than female counselors. (Author)

Explores the receptivity of career practitioners toward career development resources on the Internet. Results demonstrate that career practitioners are generally receptive toward Internet resources; they reacted somewhat positively toward the Internet; and are beginning to utilize it. However, there remain a number of concerns, most of which can…

Investigated effects of type of client problem and counselor gender on counseling response modes in novice counselors (N=31). Results indicated counselors used significantly more information responses on intrapersonal problems and more reflection responses on interpersonal problems. Found in general there was trend for male counselors to use more…

Attempts is to help counselors increase awareness and understanding of sexual attitudes and behavior of clients with whom they interact in therapeutic settings. Examines empirical findings from current Canadian sex research to determine some of the dominant changes in attitudes. (Author)

Examined tasks performed by counselors working in elementary schools and had counselors assess activities in terms of how highly they valued them and how much time they spent in each activity. Respondents reported valuing most activities more than they participated in them. Findings have implications for counselor education programs. (NB)

Examined time limited (10 sessions) counseling treatments to explore history of working alliance over time. Two counselors working with four clients reported similar patterns of working alliance development. Initial development phase of working relationship appeared to be followed by period when relationship decays, but it appeared that the…

Examined elementary school counselors' perceptions of their current interventions with families, their ideal forms of family interventions, and barriers to working with families. Findings from 249 counselors revealed that counselors preferred to work with children individually and consult with teachers more than doing parent consultation.…

People today inhabit a male manufactured society in which males have historically made the rules by which individuals live. In the world of work, men's work is valued much more highly than is women's. The nurturing women do gets in the way of women doing things for themselves. A terrible myth has developed that women are masochistic by nature;…