This article explores information regarding the development of multiple relationships (where several roles exist between a therapist and a client, such as when the client is also a student, friend, family member, employee, or business associate of the therapist) in rural communities while engaging in therapeutic practices. It looks at the…

In this study, we adopted a single qualitative case study method to explore and examine indigenous approaches to crisis counseling in Taiwan, through the distinct lens of an expert Taiwanese counseling psychologist. In-depth, open-ended interviews were conducted with the psychologist (as the case) to document her lived clinical experiences…

The author contends that the counselor should move into the school and the community to teach others the various skills of counseling and interpersonal communication. He believes that conducting systematic training programs in such skills as microcounseling should become an important role for counselors. (Author)

Examined the death anxiety of interventionists (N=109) and its relation to skill in responding to suicidal clients. Compared to matched controls, the interventionists were found to have significantly lower death anxiety. Moreover, no relationship between death anxiety and suicide counseling skill could be identified. (Author/BL)

Brief arguments for and against immunity from disclosure of privileged communications by counselors, social workers, and psychiatrists are made. (HMD)

The value of the itinerant counselor is discussed. The resident counselor can do testing and vocational and educational planning but is too closely associated with the administration and the establishment to be used by students in discussing personal problems. (CG)

An effective counselor is described as one who has and uses his ability to help others. Techniques and trappings are secondary and may vary greatly from one effective counselor to the other. (Author)

The author concludes: The black militant counselor is probably more effective counseling whites than he is counseling others, and counselor educators should help blacks in training to accept both their humanity and their blackness simultaneously. (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 purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of the potent counselor, as an agent of personal and institutional change. (Author)

This paper is designed to help educators understand the conditions under which school counselors can make their greatest contributions to educational excellence. Ultimately, the sole justification for the presence of the school counselor is that his work contributes directly to both the specific and broad purposes of education. The author suggests…

After reviewing the role of the school counselor, methods of evaluation, and criteria for measurment of effectiveness, this article provides recommendations for improving the counselor's productivity. (DS)

The results of the study suggest that the counselor is spending the major portion of his time in activities which are not directly stressed either in the overall counselor training programs or specifically in the practicum experience. (Author)