Article is based on a plenary address given to an international audience as part of the 2001 Going for Gold conference. Uses a metaphor to broadly address the issue of lifestyle for counselors and clients. (Contains 26 references.) (GCP)

College and university counseling centers are being influenced by changing populations of students and the concerns of a variety of constituencies and stakeholders about mental health issues. Although counseling centers can be important institutional resources in matters of recruitment, retention, and risk management, new legal and ethical issues…

Presents a framework of different sources of outcome data in supervision, and classifies research according to this framework. Challenges assumptions of previous research in supervision. Emphasizes influences of trainee and client in supervision and counseling contexts, respectively. Supports broader definition and expanded view of outcome in…

Suggests that the computer may have applications in counselor training. Outlines the capacities and characteristics currently available in computer technology as they relate to the tasks and methods of counselor education and reviews available computer system models and limitations in terms of implications for use in training efforts. (JAC)

This paper provides an overview of addiction related to substance abuse. It provides basic information, prevalence, diagnostic criteria, assessment tools, and treatment issues for eating disorders, compulsive gambling, sex addictions, and work addictions. Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, especially affect adolescents.…

The Education Trust conducted a series of focus groups in 1996 with school counseling stakeholders and identified specific problems and solutions for school counseling and counselor education programs. The authors examine themes evolving from The Education Trust Initiative to determine how these themes are reflected in the professional school…

Explores the identity development experiences of master's-degree counselor education students. Grounded theory procedures generated a tentative substantive theory that conceptualized these experiences. The theory illustrated how counselors-in-training used a recycling identity formation process that involved conceptual and experiential learning…

Explores school counselors' preparation for and participation in crisis intervention. Results indicated that almost 36 percent of counselors are entering the profession with no formal coursework on or supervised experiences of crisis intervention in their practica or internships. Provides specific recommendations on strengthening counselor…

Reviews literature on impact of psychotherapy supervision on therapist effectiveness. Notes that beginning trainees tend to value and benefit from supervisor support while later trainees gravitate toward technical guidance, and that this cycle may be repeated with continuing experience. Presents preliminary data to suggest that early supervisory…

Reduced funding and increased accreditation requirements place counseling education programs in a dilemma that demands systematic program evaluation. This article reviews the literature on evaluation of professional programs and proposes a plan for evaluation of counselor education programs. (JPS)

Presents a new model of counseling supervision that integrates reflective learning theory with the concurrent development of counselors-in-training and the supervision relationship. Introduces a pedagogical framework for applying this model. An appendix lists the steps involved in developing a reflective supervisory framework. (Author/MKA)

States that the literature to date has broken the silence on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) issues and has affirmed the field of psychology as being affirmative toward these issues. Proposes that research should move toward a greater understanding of LGB affirmative professional training by focusing on training from theoretical and empirical…

A rejoinder to criticism of earlier articles on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) issues in regard to affirmative counselor training. Discusses the role mentoring has played in the authors' professional development. Offers four suggestions for including the study of bisexuality in LGB research. (MKA)

Discusses how change happens, not always in dramatic ways, but usually in small, ordinary ways. Also discusses some personal experiences of the author and how building a sense of community has become difficult. Introduces this special issue by describing the articles included. (MKA)

Reproduced here is the presidential address delivered at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) luncheon at the American Counseling Association's annual conference in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 30, 1998. It focuses on ACES adopting a global perspective to explore linkages, dreams, and taking risks. (Author/MKA)