Surveyed psychologists at university counseling centers with American Psychological Association-approved internships to examine relationships between their theoretical orientations, counseling strategy recommendations, etiology attributions, and models of helping. Participants responded to vignettes portraying students with adjustment disorder and…

Examined whether clients who perceived their counselors as holding etiology attributions similar to their own would rate their counselors' credibility higher than clients who saw their counselors as holding dissimilar attributions. Results indicate that clients in the similarity of etiology attribution condition did rate their counselors as more…

Asked counseling service clients (n=232) to rank beliefs about causes of psychological problems and preferences for counseling orientation, and subset (n=69) to rate counselor's credibility and satisfaction with counseling. Found that etiology-belief similarity between counselor and client was not related to ratings of counselor or satisfaction…

Relationships between participant ethnicity, acculturation level, counselor model of helping, and ratings of counselor credibility were examined using an analogue research design (N=199). Results suggest that aspects of Mexican American culture support the use of, rather than underutilize, counseling services. Implications for counselors and…