Reviews history of elementary school counseling beginning in the 1920s. Describes history of counselor preparation standards. Defines role of school counselor. Claims there are excellent examples of effective elementary school counselor education programs around the country, although there are too few to accommodate the need. (ABL)

Describes guidelines for gestalt training emphasizing observation of novice and expert therapists, opportunities to practice skills, and procedures to provide trainees with immediate feedback. Claims three methods of evaluation are useful to trainees: publicly monitoring progress; increasing specificity of feedback; and helping trainees to…

Outlines tenets of multimodal therapy (MMT) and argues for its cost-effective yet comprehensive value as a brief psychotherapy model. Describes MMT as an integrated, seven-modality model of personality and provides clinical examples of its use. Argues that MMT approach will be an important future alternative to more expensive, time-consuming, and…

Offers model to teach counselor trainees about behaviors exhibited by alcohol abusers in need of detoxification. Discusses behaviors displayed by helpers while conducting initial intake interviews with abusers seeking detoxification in a community setting and offers suggestions for how novice practitioners can establish rapport with such clients…

Presents summary of training and accrediting discussions from the Third National Conference for Counseling Psychology. Presents major components of discussions on models and context of training, cultural diversity, identity and accreditation, practicum and internship, and career development and employment. (Author/ABL)

Notes that practicum and internship programs in a counselor education department may encounter two basic types of problems: those which require structural change and those which do not. Presents the Practicum-Internship Problem Solving (PIPS) model, a model that combines systems concepts with consultative approach to help to identify and solve…

Integrates work of cross-cultural counselor training development theorists, racial-identity development specialists, and cross-cultural counseling competency experts in formation of comprehensive multicultural training model for majority-group counselors. Reviews and integrates extant stage models of white racial consciousness, describes how…

Presents questions and discusses issues related to the accreditation standards and standards revision process of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. Presents selected recommendations for improving the standards and revision process, with special emphasis on the need for a democratic approach. (Author)

Responds to the questions and concerns raised in the previous article by Engels that relate to the accreditation procedures and standards revision process of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Notes articles such as Engels' must consider CACREP Board's activities, decision, and interpretations.…

Presents information regarding short-term or brief family counseling in the schools and retraining school counselors already in the work force to do family counseling. Concludes that, with appropriate training, administrative support, and flexible work hours, school counselors can provide effective and efficient service to children, families, and…

Sees sexual contact between counselors and clients as serious ethical and legal problem in field of counseling. Discusses need to train counselors regarding the prevention of counselor-client sexual relations. Presents training strategy that confronts students with potential problems and ethical responses. Evaluation form to measure participant…

Draws a distinction between the concepts of personal growth and personal development through a linguistic analysis. Argues that the difference is vital in counselor training, where the emphasis should necessarily be on those aspects of personal development that are relevant to specific training objectives and client needs, rather than on the more…

This book is intended for persons, particularly in the helping fields, who wish to develop or improve their understanding of the group process, and their leadership skills. Chapter 1 contains an introduction about group process including information about the book format, strategies for obtaining group experience, and selected references on…

Family therapy is well-acknowledged as an effective mode of psychotherapy. Clinical and empirical data, intervention techniques, and training and supervision issues appear increasingly in psychological, psychiatric, and social work journals. However except for a few community-psychology reports on the use of indigenous workers, little has been…

This paper presents the subject knowledge base and field experience practice of the only post-secondary program to train employment counselors in Canada at Fleming College (Ontario). It lists the range of studies pursued in the program in the fields of psychology, the humanities, business and the economy, and field practice. The first section…