The purpose of consultation is to help other workers to become more efficient and effective. The consulting process is described in nine stages. Positive outcomes are likely if counselee and consultant agree on consulting modality. Consulting models can help support consultation in the work environment. (Author/MFD)

Strategies for studying effective methods of test interpretation are discussed. Problems currently encountered in interpreting interest inventories are outlined with some suggestions for solutions. A research model that accounts for both test interpretation and client variables is presented. From this model, several testable hypotheses are drawn.…

In a study undertaken at a state hospital to determine quantitative influence of counselors on drug and alcohol problems, counselors had a significant impact on the patients' admission rates, their length of time in the hospital, their length of time back in the community, and their rates of readmission. (Author)

Female snake-phobic subjects were assigned to one of three treatments: warm automated therapist procedure, cold automated therapist procedure, or control. Results showed significantly more improvement among subjects in the first group. (Author)

This article concerns the role of the counselor in the secondary school and the problems surrounding that position. (JC)

A demand for a short, valid, and reliable scale to measure the counseling relationship was met by revising and validating the Truax-Carkhuff Relationship Questionnaire. (Author)

Consulting provides counselors with a process for affecting their public image while becoming highly accountable to the full range of their clientele. (Author)

The poor child has not been able to meet his basic human needs, to gain broad experiences akin to success in school, or to develop a feeling of positiveness about his ethnic and socioeconomic identity. These are the priorities of concern for counselors and teachers if this child is to learn necessary skills for success. (Author)

The results of this study show that counselor subrole interview behavior in a comprehensive rehabilitation facility can be reliably measured and is generally characterized by an exchange of information between the counselor and client. (Author)

This article concerning structuring in group counseling discusses a type of structuring which allows a great deal of freedom and permissiveness within the group and at the same time provides a framework within which the group can begin to function. (Author)

This special issue of P & G provides an overview of the psychological education movement and its implications for the practicing counselor. Psychological education is a relatively new discipline, but it is already providing important levers to help counselors refocus their efforts and increase their effectiveness. (Author)

The involuntary client is a frequently encountered problem in employment counseling and other social agency counseling. Possible reasons for his recalcitrance are examined and their implications for the counseling relationship are discussed. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of the potent counselor, as an agent of personal and institutional change. (Author)