Examines the response of counselors when the degree of affect was varied. Male clients were perceived to be in greater need of help in the high affect state than female clients. Male counselors also perceived more need for help for clients in high-affect states. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether cognitive exposure in the form of didactic instruction and affective exposure through videotapes and roleplays, all illustrating basic concepts of Spanish culture, would improve counselor trainees' effectiveness in counseling Spanish-speaking/surnamed persons. (Author)

Addresses the need for promoting professionalism among graduate students and new counselors and outlines specific, practical suggestions for incorporating professional development activities into training, supervision, professional, and organizational practice. (Author)

Surveys the actual and perceived role elementary school counselors in North Carolina have in working with students with disabilities. Data reveals that many school counselors acquired some formal education about students with disabilities prior to entering the profession, yet many have found the demands for them to possess expertise in this domain…

Study surveys practicing school counselors in order to explore the activities they engage in for students with disabilities and how prepared they feel to perform those activities. Also examines recent trends in school counselor education related to students with disabilities. (Contains 26 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)

Surveyed student affairs professionals (N=75) to determine whether preparation programs in student personnel administration develop entry level professional competencies and the relative importance of these competencies for assuming an entry level staff position in student affairs. Results indicated differences between those responsible for…

Provides review of self-monitoring theory and research for counselors and supervisors, discussing its implications for counseling relationships. Reviews research on characteristics of successful counselors. Suggests implications of self-monitoring for counseling supervision. (NB)

Assessed whether or not counselors perceived clients with different concerns as equally in need of counseling and equally desirable to work with. Findings from 29 graduate students enrolled in counseling practicum revealed that need for counseling and desire to work with clients were influenced by the type of concern that was presented. (Author/NB)

Selective understandings of spirituality written by various theorists were reviewed to examine their implications for practicing counselors and psychologists. It is hoped that greater awareness of spirituality in the therapeutic realm will increase clinical sensitivity to multiculturalism, recovery movements, and dysfunctional religious systems…

Discusses interviews with Improved Career Decision Making (ICDM) workshop-trained counselors and clients in high schools and state employment agencies (N=41). Findings have significance for ICDM training, counselor education programs, and effective delivery of career counseling services. Highlights the need to emphasize metacognitive processing of…

Examines whether prepracticum trainees' varying perceptions of the success of a role play or videotape of a counseling session alters the potency of the role play or videotape in increasing counseling self-efficacy. Study indicates that trainees' perceptions of their counseling performance success may alter dramatically the potency of role play as…

Prepracticum service-learning is an integral part of the curriculum for counselor education students at a large southwestern university. Service-learning is accomplished by placing novice students in school or community agency settings to acquire early, practical, field-based experience. Activities are more structured and supervised than in an…

More than 30 years ago, Vontress (1971) advocated for counselor training programs to address the role of race in the counseling process and the ways in which racial factors impede the development of counselor-client rapport. He posited that the anxiety experienced by White clinicians in cross-racial counseling dyads is manifest in reactions of…

Seventy-two (n = 72) school counselors from South Carolina were surveyed to assess their perceptions of their pre-service training in relation to eight school-family-community partnership roles and their perceived level of involvement in these roles. This exploratory study sought to determine whether school counselors varied by school level in…

Professional ethics is becoming a topic of high interest for counselors and counselor educators. Dogmatism and orthodox Christian religious beliefs are two variables which may help to explain the relationship between a counselor's personal characteristics and his or her ethical orientation. This study examined these variables and their…