The study provides insight into counsellors' experiences of counselling clients online. The foci include (a) counsellors' experience of negotiating the therapeutic relationship online, (b) their experiences of utilising and adapting their clinical skills to assess clients in an online capacity, and (c) ethical issues associated with practicing…

Investigated perceptions of 30 school counselors and 8 staff specialists regarding their effectiveness. Respondents perceived themselves as having impact in school problems, family problems, suicide, and sexual abuse. School problems, family problems, and suicide were also identified as areas in which counselors reported little impact. Counselors…

Provides a perspective on the relevance of conceptual complexity theory to counseling. Some origins of conceptual complexity theory are traced and descriptions of current theoretical positions are provided. Potential counseling applications of conceptual complexity are discussed and examples of research efforts are given. (Author/PAS)

Contends that, as career counseling shifts from educational to psychological focus, accountability issues become harder to address. Sees need for new model for career counseling evaluation, one that counselors consider relevant/practical, that can address formative and summative evaluation, and that is capable of embracing informal observations…

Reviews current psychological and social issues that relate to the adolescent period of development, explores problem areas in counseling adolescents and provides practical suggestions on approaches to these problems. Helpful attitudes which work with this age group are described. (Author)

Designed a 50-item self-talk questionnaire to assess positive and negative self-talk of 73 counselor trainees prior to their initial client interviews. Practicum supervisors evaluated counseling effectiveness. Demonstrated that counselor trainees experienced predominantly positive rather than negative self-talk. However, neither the amounts, nor…

Used Cognitive Mapping Task (CMT) to perform in-depth content analysis of conceptualizations of two novice and two experienced counselors about change in counseling and about specific client problems. Analysis of CMTs suggests that novices in the study lacked the domain-specific schemata that may aid experienced counselors in efficiently…

Cultural awareness enlarges the world view of traditional counseling methodologies that teach that the dominant society's values are the healthy norms to use in assessing and assisting ethnic groups. A dominant society counselor or therapist can be more effective in helping members of other groups by utilizing self-awareness and developing a…