Reports the results of a questionnaire on attitudes toward mainstreaming handicapped students administered to graduate counseling students. Students generally supported the value of counseling for handicapped children, yet a sizable minority believed that they did not look forward to working with the handicapped. Suggestions for counselor training…

Counselors must be sure their priorities are to serve the needs of the student and not take bandwagon approaches. To provide a sound educational environment counselors must be properly trained and willing to become involved in the educational system. (JAC)

Students (N=29) viewed three stimulus films and rated therapeutic effectiveness of the therapists. Students were subsequently rank-ordered on the basis of skill development and assigned to one of three groups (high, middle, or low.) Results revealed an overall higher evaluation for Rogers as compared to either Perls or Ellis. (Author)

Describes a method that was used as a supervision and teaching tool to assist student counselors in developing client conceptualization skills. Describes the Inverted Pyramid Heuristic method, providing case illustrations. Discusses applications of the method to supervision and training. (KW)

Updates Holloway and Johnson's (1985) review concerning the group supervision of trainees learning individual psychotherapy. Suggestions for future research and implications for training are discussed. (Author)

Examines the influence of cross-cultural training on the racial identity attitudes of 35 white graduate counselors in training and the impact of gender on training. Results indicated that the cross-cultural training course did change racial identity attitudes, and that the degree of impact seemed to be influenced by gender. (RB)

The cognitive processes of counseling are poorly understood. This article examines the role of cognition in the preparation of counselors by exploring research in the development of expertise. Topics analyzed include memory and knowledge structures, declarative and procedural knowledge, pattern recognition, reasoning processes and goals, and…

Research indicates that neither theoretical orientation nor training is predictive of therapy outcome; factors as nonspecific as therapist personal characteristics may be the primary determinants. The therapeutic bond has been isolated as an important influence. The author then questions the importance of research utilization in determining…

An empowerment model of counseling is applied to counselor education programs, describing how the critical components of empowerment as a construct can be infused into the counselor education curriculum. Proposes a general model of counselor education such that social transformation at individual, programmatic, and societal levels is facilitated.…

This study examines the relationship between skill emphases in rehabilitation counselor education (RCE) programs and perceived importance of those skills for counselor effectiveness. Examining results between this nationwide survey of rehabilitation counselor educators and data from an earlier research by Leahy, Chan, and Saunders (2003) that…

Developed by the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges, this document presents a set of universal standards of practice for all community college counseling programs in the state. Following an introduction, presenting background information on the development of the standards, the standards are presented in the following six areas:…

The authors stress the importance of counseling the elderly and indicate the lack of attention to this field. They make a series of suggestions to establish courses and practicums concerning gerontology. (SE)

Focuses attention of counselors on the possible negative impact of blaxploitation films on self-concept development and aggressive behavior patterns of youth who view such films. Graduate-level counselor education curricula should include exposure to the possible effects that may accrue from current black films. (Author)

Although there is some evidence that informally trained persons such as peers, housewives, bartenders, hairdressers, and others can be helpful to persons in distress, research on the cognitive and verbal behaviors of these amateur counselors is lacking. A single case design was used to compare a female lawyer without formal training in counseling…

Since the vicarious participation analogue is frequently used to provide modeling of appropriate counselor skills to beginning counselor trainees, this model and its various forms are of particular relevance to counselor training. An investigation was designed to examine the effects of the level of the simulation of a counseling session upon…