Focuses on key peer counseling implementation and research questions. Includes issues as to whether or not peer counseling expands professional support services; environmental impact, training content, process and duration of peer counseling programs, selection of peer counselors; referral patterns; and types of clients and problems undertaken.…

Describes model for teaching experiential interventions to novice counselors. Includes two experiential interventions that are focus for new model: two-chair approach based on Gestalt therapy principles and resolution of problematic reaction points. Cognitive, affective, and behavioral concepts of model are related to transfer of learning with the…

Compared the level of self-motivation of 30 graduate psychology students, as measured by questionnaire, to their previous grades in a psychology and training course. Written, practical, and combined assessments of students in the course were used as criterion variables in regression analysis which revealed that motivation to succeed was most…

Describes a peer counseling program in a 300-bed long-term care facility which uses training materials specifically developed for older people. Shows how the peer counseling program functions and provides anecdotal comments from both participants and a staff member, along with an outline of the training components. (Author/ABL)

Presents review of cross-section of strategies developed for training counselors to work with such diverse populations as ethnic and racial minorities, elderly people, and persons with disabilities. Proposes that these strategies have broader application than client populations for whom they were initially designed. (Author/NB)

Argues that counselor education for working with Aboriginal women must address both culture and gender issues, and that this may be done by applying feminist theory within a multicultural counseling perspective. Explores these perspectives, their application to these women, and specific counselor education considerations. Discusses issues…

Reports on the preliminary findings of a review of the outcomes of counselor training programs on two First Nations communities in southern Alberta. Two general themes emerge as prevalent: the continuing influence of the past, and the struggle for cultural survival. Indicates that significant modifications are required to the delivered curriculum.…

The continuing trend towards the deinstitutionalization of the psychiatrically disabled population and the treatment of this population from an outpatient or community-based perspective has led to increasing numbers of psychiatrically disabled individuals seeking services in the community. This situation, combined with the growing acknowledgement…

This paper is a discussion of several of the short-term, intensive field practica experiences which have been integrated into the Memorial University graduate counselor education program. The approach in counselor education provides needed counseling services to more remote communities, enables school boards to see counselors in action, thus…

Describes the rationale for using high school students in a peer counseling role. Presents a training and implementation model for a career development program designed to facilitate self exploration, values clarification, career planning, and decision making among peers within their own social network. (JAC)

Evaluated three approaches to teaching social skill training (SST). All three conditions showed equivalent improvement in familiarity with SST; however, only the structured learning format and conference workshop format improved evaluative skills significantly. A measure of therapist behavior during a simulated SST session showed roughly…

Examines developments in empirical research in family therapy training since Kniskern and Gurman's (1979) review. Assesses present knowledge concerning training outcomes in marital and family therapy from six studies of the development of instruments for measuring the outcome of training and nine studies which actually evaluate training outcome.…

Interviewed six North American leaders in the field of peer counseling about their perspectives on training and program issues, future trends, and needed research areas. Found responses showed both similarities and differences and covered a broad range of concerns. (Author)

Reports the results of testing the reliability and stability of a stress-coping model. Data was collected over a 1-year period from 230 managerial women; 1 year later, 135 of the subjects remaining completed 3 additional assessments. Over this two-year interval, the model reliably represented the relationships among the measures. (LKS)

Examines some of the sources of bias that enter into counselors' formulations of causal hypotheses and client problem representations. Presents a study of the think-aloud protocols of 32 counseling psychologists as they examined the file of a clinically diagnosable individual, and explores the implications of the findings for the training of…