Presents overview of select components most often found within family training programs: the study of systems theory, examination of family of origin, use of live supervision, and emphasis on ethical issues specific to working with couples and families. Discusses variety of challenges facing training programs, including constructivism, feminist…

Sees sexual contact between counselors and clients as serious ethical and legal problem in field of counseling. Discusses need to train counselors regarding the prevention of counselor-client sexual relations. Presents training strategy that confronts students with potential problems and ethical responses. Evaluation form to measure participant…

Article identifies contextual teaching and learning as an important pedagogical tool that can be applied to counselor education, and argues that it provides a theoretical rationale for many teaching and learning interventions. Describes contextual teaching and learning and applies its five major components to counselor education. (Contains 53…

Examines how counselor education faculty and students determine the ethical appropriateness of dilemmas portraying dual relationships in friendships, mentoring, monetary interactions, and romantic-sexual relationships. Results suggest that, unlike most students, faculty trust the ability of counselor educators to maintain objectivity and avoid…

The effects of adult attachment on emotional empathy were investigated using a sample of master's-degree level counseling students. Through structural equation modeling, the authors found that the latent attachment dimensions of avoidance and anxiety work in tandem in their effects on empathy. Lower avoidance and higher anxiety were associated…

Counselor educators and students share an ethical accountability for the quality of service that these students will one day provide to their client populations. In this article, the author discusses how assessment can be understood as part of the contract educators make not only with their students, but also with the individuals they will…

Counselor educators rely on a variety of teaching strategies to augment clinical instruction and enhance student learning. Such strategies include action methods, audio/video material, and self-exploration. While using these strategies, educators are responsible for remaining sensitive to fundamental ethical issues, varied student needs, and…

The need for continued research concerning group supervision of counselor trainees has been well-established. It has specifically been suggested that researchers investigate the role of group processes in group supervision. Accordingly, this exploratory qualitative study sought to study trainees' experiences of group processes in group…

With recent calls for accountability in school counseling, it is imperative that counselor educators are structuring the professional identity development of counselors-in-training through guided learning experiences with a focus on demonstrated effectiveness. The author presents examples of course objectives and learning experiences from five…

The Integrated Developmental Model (IDM) of supervision builds upon previous models of counselor and psychotherapist development. The IDM incorporates aspects of both a mechanistic view, using the machine as metaphor, and an organismic view, using the organism as metaphor, of development in describing trainee development through three levels and…

A questionnaire asking counselor educators to rate 25 curriculum areas of their programs with respect to satisfaction and amount of change desired, was sent to a modified, stratified random sample of 108 institutions. Overall, there was an expressed desire for increased emphasis in every area. (Author)

Surveyed 75 rehabilitation counseling programs concerning master's degree level research instruction. Found research topics most likely to be included were research design and statistics. Some offered specific rehabilitation research course. Educators agreed that primary goal of rehabilitation research education is to teach students to become…

Reports that textbooks and counseling approaches studied by prospective counselors largely omit information on biological foundations of human behavior, although biological factors often affect human behavior profoundly. Uses case study examples to show importance of biological factors. Recommends that counselor educators understand biological…

Suggests methods of how counselor educators may conceptually present life style and career development components to counselor education students with some examples of experiential activities. Summarizes a discussion by a counselor education faculty that reflects their viewpoints and perceptions of the life-style and career development standard.…

Responds to professional reactions to counselor gullibility. Sees a direct, linear relationship between gullibility and counseling effectiveness. (Author/ABB)