The results showed a significant difference in the way current inservice training is perceived as helpful to job performance when comparisons were made between the responses of trained counselors and untrained supervisors, and untrained counselors and trained supervisors. (Author)

In response to the contention that many professional counselors know little and care less about blue-collar careers, a workshop established around nonprofessional experiences was conducted for school counselors. (Author)

This article presents a model and rationale for training specific counseling skills prior to the practicum experience. Acquisition of these skills and attitudes in a prepracticum permits a consultation professional model for practicum that focuses upon the accumulation of experience rather than skills. (Author)

Identifies problem of teaching counselor trainees to respond consistently to client negative affect. Describes a means of measuring consistency of affective responding using modeling and didactic teaching procedures. (Author)

Assesses the types and frequency of legal issues encountered by school counselors. Also examines school counselors' perceptions of their ability to respond to prevalent legal issues. Results are intended to help determine whether school counselors need more exposure to legal issues as part of their graduate program and through continuing education…

Investigates the experiences of early-entrant school counselors who were a school counselor and a student simultaneously. The phenomenon of early entry is examined through school counselors' perceptions of the experiences as early entrants to the field, the support they received, and supervision. (Contains 30 references.) (GCP)

Examined female counseling psychology doctoral students' (N=213) perceptions of type and extent of training received concerning lesbian and homosexual issues. Results indicated that female students received little exposure to lesbian or homosexual issues or clients and thus were not trained to work with these clients. Discusses further results and…

Contains four personal accounts of counselors' experiences as clients: (1) "The Heart of the Matter" (Paul Crowley); (2) "Empathic Intervention in Self-Psychology" (Jon Maaske); (3) "Moving toward a New Perspective on Depression and Myself" (John Rebillot); and (4) "My Journey from Despair to Hope" (Lawrence Rossiter). (NB)

Contains five personal accounts: (1) "Volunteers--Handle with Care" (Donna Davenport); (2) "On the Task of Letting Go: A Woman's Paradoxical Journey" (Marjorie McKelvey Isaacs); (3) "Saving Myself Versus Serving Clients" (Peggy Kinnetz); (4) "To Publish or Not to Publish: That is the Question" (Donna Walsh); and (5) "Counseling behind Closed…

Contains five personal accounts: (1) "Critical Incidents Aren't Accidents" (Suzanne Lange); (2) "Going from Serious to Fun and Remaining Professional" (Mary Olona); (3) "The Personification of the Core Conditions" (B.S. Tillinghast, Jr.); (4) "A Personal Reaction to Carl Whitaker as a Teacher" (Katherine H. von Schmidt); and (5) "Jampy: Imaginary…

Contains six personal accounts: "Hysterical Paralysis: Confirmation of Counseling Process" (Theodore Chapin); "Understanding Psychodynamic Concepts through Personal Trauma" (Steven Michael Cobb); "Theory into Practice: Choosing an F-Stop" (Ron Crawford); "Learning to Empathize with Resistance" (Stuart Frederick); "I Still Don't Know how to Do…

Presents training format that encourages mental health counselors to address their own comfort with sexuality and then offers specific concepts for working with sexually active clients. Presents five areas: counselor comfort with sexuality, sexuality assessment tools, societal values about sexuality, treatment approaches to clients' sexual issues,…

Describes the evolution and testing of an "attributes checklist" tool for assisting counselor development. These attributes relate to characteristics of case notes that indicate evidence of counselor reflection and consideration of the counseling process. (Author/GCP)

Presents the results of a qualitative study of the experiences of rural school counselors. Asserts that rural school counselors encounter unique circumstances warranting consideration in counselor education programs. Suggests the development of practicums and internships in rural settings, exposure to relevant literature pertaining to rural…

Reviews the literature on sexual attraction in relation to the practice of marriage and family therapy and investigates how family-therapists-in-training regard this phenomenon. Results reveal that new therapists dealing with attraction in therapy encounter a myriad of emotional responses. Proposes that it is the clinical supervisor's…