Randomly assigned Mexican-American community college students (n=189), who varied by level of acculturation, to one of four stimulus conditions varied by counselor ethnicity and cultural responsiveness. Highest ratings of cultural competence were obtained when counselor was portrayed as culturally responsive and lowest ratings when counselor was…

Highlights four competency areas that are needed by school counselors to be effective in the role of consultant to parents, teachers, and administrators. Presents an inventory that will allow counselors to assess their awareness of some of the issues and competencies required for successful school consultation. Explores implications for in-service…

Analyzed 24 dyadic interactions of black clients and white or black race-avoidant counselors in quasi-counseling sessions. Uncovered following core categories related to interactional quality: smooth, exasperated, constricted, and disjunctive. Categories were explained by whether and how client introduced race concerns, client racial identity…

Responds to previous article by Sexton and Whiston (1994) on counseling relationship. Commends Sexton and Whiston's research review, but contends that, by adding interpersonal interaction as though it were a fourth and parallel component of counseling relationship (along with real, unreal, and working alliance components), Sexton and Whiston have…

Examines the interaction among precounseling information, religiosity, and problem type and its subsequent effect on counselor ratings of social influence and willingness to seek help. Results indicate that such interactions, as well as participant religiosity, counselor description, and participant problem type, were predictive only with respect…

In this study of conservative Christians' expectations of counseling, 100 participants rated their expectations of the behaviors and attitudes of a non-Christian counselor. Results suggest highly religious Christians expected more in-session religious behaviors from a non-Christian counselor. Both moderate and highly conservative Christians…

Presents an interventive, consultative method designed to elicit and promote resource-based language between client families and therapists. Through reflective dialogue participants were encouraged to consider different views and beliefs about themselves, each other, and their process together. Use of this process added heightened awareness and…

This study surveyed National Organization of Human Service Education (NOHSE) members' rates of attendance in counseling. It solicited members' opinions about characteristics deemed important in choosing a therapist. It also examined attitudes toward counseling; types and duration of counseling attended; reasons for seeking or not seeking…

This paper will briefly review the utilization of the paraprofessional in a community-based sex offender treatment programme in Merseyside, UK. The paraprofessionals are treated paedophiles in the role of treatment co-facilitators. Further thoughts on the role dynamic, training issues and supervision are discussed. This is an example of…

Investigated the relationship between the accuracy of counselor perceptions of client work values and client satisfaction with service received. Participants were recruited from five rehabilitation workshops. Counselor and client perceptions of client work values were significantly different and a significant relationship existed between the…

Studied the effectiveness of the Support Service Staff at Saint Joseph's University by measuring the relationship between actual utilization of the services and perceived sensitivity of the personnel who are charged to provide them. The variables of rates of attrition and retention were used to determine the extent of utilization and its…

Examined the extent to which a cognitive style variable, integrative complexity, was related to synchrony between behavioral and self-report measures of anxiety in counseling students (N=26). During a therapy analogue two measures of anxiety were taken. Results indicated a substantial dependence of synchrony/desynchrony on cognitive style.…

Black male and female adolescents (N=27) were presented racial and attitudinal information about a hypothetical male or female counselor and asked to express their perceptions of the counselor. Attitudinal rather than racial information regarding a counselor had a more crucial effect in determining perception of the counselor. (Author)

Determined the relationship between counseling systems stages and counselor effectiveness as measured by Carkhuff's accurate empathy scale. Students (N=97) were rated for stage of conceptual functioning. Counseling interviews were rated for level of empathic responding. Results indicated markedly significant differences between and among…

Because counselors lacked practical work experiences, they had difficulty relating to students about occupational information. Administrative problems and the school's philosophy and attitudes were also obstacles in promoting the effective use of occupational information. (Author/CM)