Discusses factors involved in addressing question of whether rehabilitation counselors with rehabilitation counseling master's degrees are more competent and effective than other counselors. Discusses differences between education and training; methodological considerations; and political and moral aspects. Asserts that assuring appropriate…

Examined rehabilitation counseling in Wisconsin Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR). Findings from 144 DVR counselors and 11,862 clients whose cases they closed during fiscal year 1989 revealed that counselors with master's degrees in rehabilitation counseling or related fields had better outcomes for clients with severe disabilities than…

Outlines beliefs underlying training for career-development professionals: career-development content is valid and valued; the scientist-practitioner model is preferred; programs should be informed by current research and technology; skills are foundational to effective career counseling; career is personal; and decision making is difficult. (SK)

Relational approaches to counseling emphasize the monitoring of countertransference responses as a crucial component in the therapeutic process. An overview of the historical and contemporary understanding of the concept and six sources of countertransference specific to religious therapists are discussed. Recommendations are offered for effective…

Empathy has been identified as a core condition for providing counseling. There are numerous articles discussing the components of empathy. However, as the U.S. becomes increasingly ethnically diverse and the world becomes more globalized, there is little discussion on how empathy will be effective with diverse populations. This article discusses…

This book focuses on the essential elements of leading effective groups in group counseling. Chapter 1 concentrates on the rationale behind using groups and their myths, advantages, and limitations. Chapter 2 discusses different types of groups, especially those that are therapeutic and task-oriented, and their theory and ethics. Chapter 3 delves…

A counselor's ability to form an accurate and complex clinical hypothesis which models the client and guides the counseling process is an important aspect of counseling. This study was conducted using Masters level counseling students to explore clinical hypothesis formation and counseling effectiveness in a semi-natural counseling task. Each of…

Examines the factor structure of ratings made with Carkhuff's revised scales of facilitative conditions. The general assumption has been that these counselor characteristics were discrete counselor variables; however, this study suggests that at least two of the variables are closely related aspects of the same underlying quality. (Author/PC)

THE MAJOR CHANGES IN COUNSELING THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST HALF-CENTURY ARE (1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER CHOICE WITH THE IDEA OF CHANGE IN MIND, (2) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED VALUE HIERARCHY, (3) THE EMPHASIS ON PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT, (4) THE CONCEPT OF COUNSELING RELATIONSHIPS AS A NUMBER OF INTERRELATED RELATIONSHIPS,…

The following issues are discussed in relation to counseling and vocational rehabilitation: (1) the process and outcome of counseling and therapeutic practic, (2) selection of effective counselors, (3) effective counselor training, (4) the role of untrained supportive personnel in the role of counselor aids; and (6) guidelines for the most…

Much literature is developing saying that counselor educators and the counselors they prepare must become agents of social reconstruction. For by attempting to alter society in terms of what they know to be the persistent needs of youth, they will make it much easier for the counseling process to be effective. Three assumptions need to be made in…

As the profession of school counseling has developed during the recent years, it has become widely accepted that a primary function of the school counselor is the facilitation and enrichment of the personal development of the students with whom he works. Facilitative conditions are discussed relative to the research in this area. Models of…

This is one of a series which focuses on innovations in the training and supervision of counselors. It discusses micro-counseling by providing: (1) a definition of the procedure; (2) a description of models of practice; (3) a discussion of the effects of using micro-counseling; (4) suggestions for possible applications of the procedure; and (5)…

The study examined the counsellor's competence in counselling clients with sexual problems. The notion of competence was operationally defined in terms of empathy, anxiety, and sex knowledge. The results demonstrate the need to have specific training in sex counselling incorporated into the counsellor trainee's curriculum. (Author)