Discusses the effectiveness of counseling, the literature of the field, the programs of preparation, and the characteristics of those who enter counseling and guidance. (Author)

Explains how counselors can help people update their personal philosophies by helping them understand their motivations, think critically, take inventory of their lives, and become familiar with alternative viewpoints. (DB)

Three case studies are used to discuss transference and countertransference issues arising from the pregnancy of mental health counselors. Discussion focuses on the effects of pregnancy on the therapist herself and clients' reactions to a pregnant therapist. (TE)

Viktor Frankl stated, "One of the main features of human existence is the capacity to rise above such conditions, to grow beyond them. Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible and of changing himself for the better if necessary." Effective counselors do this daily, rising above conditions, seizing opportunities to change the…

The Community Counseling Appraisal Survey was completed by 743 members of the American Association for Counseling and Development who identified their primary professional activity as counselor and who indicated their employment setting to be other than school or higher education. The purpose of the study was to: (1) provide a description of…

Discusses diverse roles and skills needed by counselors and explores the ethics involved in counseling. Identifies four main roles of college counselors: document processors, advisors, counselors, and advocates. Asserts that counselors must be accurate in roles of document processors and advisors and honest in roles of counselors and advocates.…

The author proposes 10 rules for the counselor to follow which are especially aimed at improving a counselor's outreach effectiveness. (RP)

Judges' and clients' ratings of both behavioral and global dimensions of counselor relationship were compared. Results indicated that judges and clients do not perceive the relationship of the counselor similarly. (Author)

Indicates briefly that the field of student personnel work is in trouble, has always been in trouble, and will be extinct unless it takes positive action soon. (Author/CJ)

The concept of the counselor of the future as viewed by this author is not just one person, but the sum responsibilities and characteristics of several kinds of counselors and counseling approaches. (Author/BY)

Reported the stress and coping experience of community volunteers who counseled dying clients and their families. Volunteers most frequently reported turning to themselves or to the client when distressed, also to peers, friends, and family. A common role-defined purpose was significant in stress response and coping. (Author)

Proposes three ways in which counselors may be seen as contributing to client resistance: counselor wants client to be and to behave in counselor-imposed ways; counselor actively constructs complementary role that client is to fulfill; and counselor maintains entrenched belief in truth of "client resistance." Suggests strategies to help…

Female students (28 black, 28 white) viewed videotape of a counseling session in one of four conditions: (a) two female counselors (one black, one white), and (b) two counselor roles (active, passive). Analysis of students' ratings revealed (a) no differences among conditions in perceived attentiveness or friendliness, (b) significant differences…

While past research has found conflicting results on the place for client role preferences in psychotherapy, none of this research has examined the client role preferences in an actual client population seeking outpatient therapy. This study involved the development of a measure of client role preferences which attempted to survey a wider range of…