The purposes of the present study were to determine if (a) students trained to demonstrate specific skills learn these skills and transfer them to actual counseling sessions; (b) mastery of counseling skills differs by students' adherence to one of four general counseling theories; (c) mastery of counseling skills is related to counseling goal…

The first part of this two-part book on counseling techniques emphasizes techniques for counselor training and individual counseling. Chapter 1 defines counseling and includes a rating scale for determining effectiveness of counselor performance. Chapter 2 provides a presentation of the composition of an effective initial counseling interview and…

No particular psychotherapy technique or professional training has been found to be superior to others. Rather it is where theory and technique meet and come alive, in the personality of the therapist, that a definitive factor in effective psychotherapy appears. One of the personality variables in the therapist, not explored in the psychotherapy…

The concept of the counselor as a marginal man is explored in its implications for explaining and establishing counselor identify as well as for enhancing counselor effectiveness. (Author)

I am concerned over the relative lack of emphasis in counseling training programs on the non-cognitive, non-quantifiable aspects of human interaction. Despite the academic press for grades and quantifiable indices, we must push towards integrating some of these spooky areas into our programs. Not to do so will attenuate our effectiveness, though…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of introducing parts of the systematic communication training described by Carkhuff into one course of a traditional Master's degree program in counseling. Fifteen graduate students received approximately 15 1/2 hours of training and practice in facilitative communication skills. Thirty-nine…

The effectiveness of a short-term training Institute for Rehabilitation Counselors on Epilipsy was determined by evaluating information gained, change in attitudes and change in job behavior. No significant difference in attitudes or job behavior toward epiliptic individuals was found after the training program had been administered. Suggestions…

A group of practicum students experienced either an experiential-introspective approach or a didactic-behavioristic approach in their training. The experiential-introspective approach was somewhat more successful in fostering an affective relationship. (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)

Outlines tenets of multimodal therapy (MMT) and argues for its cost-effective yet comprehensive value as a brief psychotherapy model. Describes MMT as an integrated, seven-modality model of personality and provides clinical examples of its use. Argues that MMT approach will be an important future alternative to more expensive, time-consuming, and…

Describes a qualitative investigation utilizing midcareer doctoral students designed to examine what experiences contribute to developing counselor effectiveness. Proposes a cyclical model of counselor development named Becoming Empowered. Process includes recurring themes of experiencing and responding to dissonance, relating to supervision, and…

Counseling has taken on the trappings of a profession via registration, accreditation, supervision, and codes of ethics. Has it achieved the reality? What about content, outcomes, quality? Are we achieving more than amateurs? Is there a "high" road and a "low" road to professionalization? Which one shall we travel? (Author)

Describes didactic material linking assessment, case conceptualization, and analysis of intervention effects. Analyses were conducted with data provided by 131 students who completed a counseling process course where this material was taught. Results indicate that students increased their self-efficacy for conceptualization and assessment tasks…

This study examined the impact of multicultural training on multicultural counseling competencies and implicit racial prejudice. Results of a multilevel modeling analysis showed that only the multicultural counseling course was related to a decrease in implicit racial prejudice and an increase in cultural self-awareness. Implications for…