Counseling interviews (N=19) were rated on the Counselor Rating Form in terms of perceived counselor expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness. Results indicated all three sources of perceptions were similar, although counselors rated their own behavior as significantly less expert than their clients. (Author)

Compared effects of a training workshop on mental health professionals' (N=21) attitudes toward homosexuality and counseling behavior with effects of no intervention on comparison counselor trainee college students (N=31). Found treated subjects improved significantly more than comparison subjects on all measures of homosexual/lesbian counseling…

Counselor trainees (n=18) were randomly assigned to treatment (nonverbal sensitivity) or control (empathy training) conditions. Trainees saw a recruited client before and after a 15-week counseling methods class. Trainees rated self and clients rated sessions. Trainees in treatment condition increased their focus on client nonverbal behavior and…

We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2013, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 26 to 28 of April. Our efforts and active engagement can now be rewarded with these three days of exciting new developments about what we are passionate about: Psychology and its connections. We take pride…

Many factors, including changes in the family, drug abuse, high technology, crime, population shifts, and television are changing schools. These forces have already had an impact on the counselor's job or will have an impact in the future. Counselors should be prepared for these social changes and manage them better than their predecessors in the…

Describes the problems in introducing and offering a seminar in human sexuality in a school of social work. The selection and preparation of students for the seminar, course content, teaching materials, and teaching methods are discussed. The small group and team teaching are recommended for such courses. (Author)

RESPONSE CHANGES BETWEEN HIGH-PERFORMANCE-RATED AND LOW-PERFORMANCE-RATED COUNSELOR CANDIDATES AS A RESULT OF AN INTRODUCTORY EXPERIENCE IN A SUPERVISED PRACTICUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE IF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS DIFFERENTIATED THE TWO GROUPS. THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, VARIABLE DEFINITIONS, AND A REVIEW OF…

The purpose of this trainer's manual is to teach drug abuse counselors: (1) the kinds of background information needed to assess a client; (2) how to interview clients to obtain the necessary information; (3) how to write up a case history; and (4) how to design individualized treatments. This trainer's manual is organized into three major…

This study is a pioneer effort to bring together the theory of counselor education, implementation of counselor role in the schools once a person is employed and the evaluation of his/her effectiveness with others. It is an extensive research project studying both the elementary and secondary school counselor the study sought to examine the value…

There are two unifying theses underlying these three papers: (1) the importance of the human relationship factor; and (2) the need to clearly understand what we wish to do and how most successfully to do it. The first paper, concerning counselor education, compares a behavioral counselor education model with a model which is related to the…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the actual and ideal roles of counselors as perceived by Wisconsin secondary school counselors and teacher counselors and to compare them with a counselor role model based on a consensus of Wisconsin counselor educators. An extensive review of the literature on counselor role determination and…

The primary goal of this study was to assess the effectiveness of two distinctly different techniques, restatement and interpretation, on a criterion variable of counseling. The study objectives were: 1) to operationally define these two classes of counselor response and train two counselors to produce them upon cue in a counseling session, using…

Two groups of 12 practicum trainees were exposed to either Monitor-modeling or Immediate-feedback supervision. Ten minute counseling sessions with coached clients were taped before and after the practicum. Three independent judges rated the tapes, using Carkhuff's scales for "Gross ratings of facilitative interpersonal functioning" to assess the…

The Volunteers in College and Career Information (VICCI) is an innovative attempt to improve guidance services within San Francisco High Schools. To insure that the volunteers receive proper training and supervision, the program was placed under the direction of a credentialed counselor or project director. Three major results have been…

Factors limiting the effectiveness of school counseling functions include discrepancies between school counselor training and practice, lack of understanding of school counseling roles and functions, school counselor professional isolation, and the poor professional attitude of some school counselors. (MM)