This article discusses the differences between nomothetic and ideographic approaches to assessment, suggests that neither model is complete in itself, and presents some principles for making single subject investigations more reliable and valid. (Author)

The results indicate that under special conditions providing prior information to the client concerning the directive nondirective character of interviewer behavior during the initial diagnostic interview influences client satisfaction, leads to client mediated changes in interviewer behavior, and increases the probability that the client will at…

Author's view on newer trends in the field which are giving rise to more comprehensive approach to personality theory and change. (Author/CJ)

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)

A major emphasis of counseling psychology programs should be on training counselors to bring about changes in the system since most of the problems brought to counselors are ones that the ill-fated system has perpetuated. The article calls for young counselors to become innovators, not protectors of the system. (Author)

In order to deal with the here and now problems of younger clients, counselors must immerse themselves in the politico cultural milieu of those clients. A counselor must be conversant with the interests of those students who have rejected societal norms in favor of a personal ethic and conscience. (Author/BY)

The author discusses goals of today's feminist movement. She concludes that to be truly helping persons for today's females, counselors must take courses in consciousness raising groups, and pursue internships supervised by feminists. (Author/BY)

Concepts in counseling and guidance taken for granted may be highly debatable rather than acceptable. This article discusses objectively, confidentially, nonjudgmentalness, nonmanipulativeness, and computerization and suggests that some reflection is in order. (Author)

Six males interviewed the same male confederate client. Thirty-seven students viewed video tapes of first 5 minutes of interview, rated that interviewer's "expertness," and listed cues of his expertness. Mean ratings of expertness were nearly the reverse of the order of the interviewers' training and/or experience. (Author)

A meta-analysis of 57 studies comparing career interventions and outcomes found those that did not involve a counselor were less effective; workshops, structured groups, and career computer systems supplemented by counseling produced better outcomes. Many studies made comparisons among counselor-free interventions but did not find any significant…

This article explores the relationship of social identity, cultural communication style and the gatekeeping process. (Editor)

Many professional counselors have related the positive impact that their own personal counseling has made on their mental health and on their behavior with clients. A national survey of 146 counselors certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors was conducted to determine the extent to which counselors seek out and benefit from personal…

This research investigated the effects of sex and status of models on the acquisition of counseling behaviors by beginning students in counseling. Video tape was employed in both the presentation of models to the subjects, and in obtaining the criterion measure. The specific counseling behaviors (modeling tape) were developed during the course of…