The counselor has a role to perform in assisting his clients to come to grips with their own sexuality. The counsellor's competence in this area is questioned. Competence involves training the counsellor in the area of human sexuality. (Author)

The results of this study seem to indicate that superintendents view their counselors as performing duties congruent with ASCA policy. They feel, however, that many counselor functions must be extended and improved. (Author)

This article explicates the techniques of famous comic playwrights in an attempt to establish prominent parallelisms between the literary and therapeutic use of humor. Using literary devices as a model, the essay elaborates on ways in which the counselor can employ similar strategies with clients. (Author/BW)

To help a client overcome the handicapping effects of physical disability, a counselor should have a rudimentary knowledge of the behavioral manifestations of the medical condition, and be skillful at implementing counseling strategies compatible with the dynamics characteristic of each stage. (Author)

This paper describes a Gestalt approach to stimulating client awareness. The authors present examples of experiments which may be used to facilitate the client in trying on new ways of being. Gestalt principles and theory are explained. (Author)

The main contention in this article is that philosophy, especially as it is lived, is indispensable to counselors, as well as to clients, in their search for more fruitful life experiences. (Author)

The notions of work and play are examined. It is suggested that the two not be seen as distinctly different activities but rather as elements that contribute to all activities. (Author)

This article examines the nature and impact of paradoxical situations in counsellor education. The counsellor educator and trainee are the focus for defining and then examining these dilemmas. (Author)

The author argues that the counselor training program as well as the traditional role of the counselor must change to meet new demands. University personnel must take some leadership in the process. (BY)

This paper advocates a model which would supplement the role of the guidance counselor with the role of a special counselor, who would work with the troubled student. (Author)

It was found that the question of part-time or full-time counseling is inseparable from the matters of role, preparation, selection, status, and accountability of counselors. Support was given to the proposition that only the full-time counselor can satisfactorily carry out the selected role. (Author)

The author is concerned with how counseling, and counselor education can be used to prevent problems, how we can employ our expertise in assisting educators to relate helpfully to students and make education relevant, and how we can employ non-professionals as helpers and thus reach the entire community. (Author)

This paper contends that values significantly influence the counselor's choice of a psychotherapeutic theory, selection of clients, counseling techniques, treatment goals, and direction of improvement. It is suggested that counselors be trained to the level where their own values do not interfere with the requirements of the client. (Author/BW)

These 23 brief articles respond to the Editor's previous request for brief glimpses of the future, regarding the training, practice, and role of the counselor. (CJ)