This article reports on a survey of early career members of the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP). Seventy early career psychologists completed a survey assessing the usefulness and climate of SCP, barriers to and facilitative factors for involvement in SCP, inclusiveness of SCP regarding cultural diversity and professional interests, degree…

This study explored the relationship between therapist personality, self-reported lesbian and gay (LG) affirmative therapy competency, and demonstrated LG affirmative therapy competency utilizing an analogue methodology with 212 therapists-in-training. Participants were randomly assigned to review one of four vignettes that varied the sexual…

The purpose of this study was to identify events in which therapists felt embarrassment, shame, or both in a therapy session and to investigate the relationship of the embarrassing-shameful events with the therapist reactions. Ninety-three therapists participated in this study, and the most frequent events reported were having a scheduling…

Three counseling psychology colleagues (Lichtenberg, 2011; Mallinckrodt, 2011; Murdock, 2011 [all this issue]) provide differing perspectives about the findings from our target article (Scheel et al., 2011) of the decline of published counseling-related research in our major journals. In this rejoinder we respond to each author's viewpoints…

The findings from the Smith et al. (2012) survey of early career psychologists (ECPs) who are members of the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP) provide a snapshot of the current state of affairs for ECPs in the SCP as well as recommendations about how the SCP can better meet the professional needs of ECPs. Ideally, the implementation of these…

Current models and issues related to psychotherapy supervision are examined. These include ethical and legal issues, problems of interpersonal competence, and multicultural issues. As a part of this analysis, interviews about supervision with five prominent counseling psychologists are included to provide their perspectives. Implications for the…

Examined the status of continuing professional education of counseling psychologists (N=420) in terms of practices, attitudes, and background variables. Respondents appeared to be actively involved in continuing professional education, regardless of work role. Independent study accounted for the greatest amount of time spent in educational…

These papers present a counseling approach emphasizing the individuality of the client. Additionally, the physical and social environment in which the individual client interacts and the constraints this environment might place on that client should be considered. Counseling strategies maximizing the individual's potential within her environment…

Sexual bias, whether displayed knowingly or not, affects counselor performance. Several studies have supported this fact. Counselors reflect such bias through in-counseling behaviors and through some of the materials they use. This article discusses the relevant research surrounding this problem and proposes a model of training to help counselors…

The interaction of psyche with soma is especially important in counseling with women at this particular time in history. The purpsoe of this paper is to attempt to help counselors understand how women feel about their bodies and some related current issues. (Author)

Examined female counseling psychology doctoral students' (N=213) perceptions of type and extent of training received concerning lesbian and homosexual issues. Results indicated that female students received little exposure to lesbian or homosexual issues or clients and thus were not trained to work with these clients. Discusses further results and…

This survey examined the professional identity of 114 counseling psychologists in Australia. Respondents rated the importance of activities to their present and ideal positions as counseling psychologists. Factor analysis of ratings showed that consultation and education, goal-directed counseling, depth psychotherapy, and program development and…

Counselors who are not aware of specialized knowledge, skills, and attitudes helpful for treating specific subgroups of women may tend to base their treatment on myths and misunderstandings. Articles presented here suggest counseling methods for traditional, divorced, physically handicapped, and minority women, among many others. (Author)

Research on similarity between counselor and client was reviewed to determine the effect on counseling process and outcome. Little evidence was found that membership-group or personality similarity contributes significantly to counseling effectiveness, and too few studies on cognitive similarity have been conducted to draw conclusions. (Author/ABB)

The papers in this section are a review of the literature related to counseling women. They review documents on the history of sexist helping practices. Together, they reveal the need for a systematic intervention by the helping professions to rectify potentially inadequate, inappropriate, or damaging treatment of women in counseling. (Author)