Group counseling is an important treatment modality used to support clients in a variety of therapeutic settings. This article highlights the results of an exploratory study that examined site supervisory factors that predicted group leader self-efficacy for preservice school counselors. Results of multiple regression analyses suggest meaningful…

This qualitative study investigated the experiences of Students of Color in multicultural counseling courses in relation to classroom participation. Results suggest several complex tensions that Students of Color experience when deciding whether and how much to participate in class. Implications for multicultural training are provided.

This study examined the relationship between secondary traumatic stress (STS), vicarious trauma (VT), and the supervisory working alliance (SWA) with the faculty supervisor among counselor trainees (N = 86). The primary purpose of this study was to determine if the SWA and demographic influence STS and VT. Two correlations were conducted to assess…

Despite the continuing expansion of psychotherapeutic training programmes within universities in the UK, very little has been written about the psychological strains which may be experienced by teams working within the context of higher education. This theoretical paper offers a psychoanalytic perspective on the location of such teams, drawing on…

In an analog study of counseling performance anxiety among 24 master's-level students in counseling, personal construct theory accurately predicted increases in state anxiety as an end-of-semester counseling jury approached. (Author/TE)

Identifies sources of anxiety in live counseling supervision. Offers six guidelines for minimizing anxiety: (1) negotiate clear training contract; (2) match method to supervise developmental stage; (3) directly address anxiety and fear; (4) develop collaborative supervisory attitude; (5) create positive evaluative focus; and (6) encourage…

Investigated relationship between regular meditation and/or physical exercise and dimensions of self-actualization (inner-directedness, living in present, lowered anxiety) of 103 graduate counseling students. Students who meditated or who meditated and exercised had significantly greater inner-directedness than did those who only exercised or who…

Examined the relationship of cognitive complexity, counselor anxiety, and client disability to accurate empathy in 28 counseling students who observed counseling interviews of clients with and without disabilities. A significant interaction among cognitive complexity, anxiety, and client disability condition indicated that all three factors…

Presents the social facilitation paradigm as a useful model for predicting positive and negative effects of supervision observation on the performance of counselors. Describes some recent studies that have attempted to test this paradigm in actual counseling studies and offers some suggestions for future research. (LLL)

Examined extent of anxiety experienced by beginning practicum students in their initial client interviews. Results indicated subjects were more anxious on physiological and self-report measures of anxiety during the interview than during reading. Conclusions were that the counseling interview is anxiety-evoking. Anxiety is accounted for by…

Participants from two graduate counselor training programs (N=95) were assessed on anxiety level, self-talk, and counseling skill. High anxiety reflected high negative self-talk, low positive self-talk,and poor videotape performance. (Author)

Samples of counselor trainees viewed either a series of expert modeling or coping modeling videotapes. It was hypothesized that counselor trainees who viewed expert models would illustrate concommitant or paramodeling phenomena by exhibiting decreases in anxiety toward participation in a counseling interview. Results confirmed the hypothesis.…

Investigated if and how role conflict affects counselor trainees' self-statements, anxiety level, and performance. Results suggested role conflict may produce few adverse effects on beginning trainees' self-evaluations, affect, or behavior. Trainee performance was inversely related to anxiety level, and anxiety was inversely related to strength of…

Study explores the effects of bogus performance feedback on counseling self-efficacy and counselor anxiety. After a 10-minute mock counseling session, 45 master's-level trainees received either positive or negative bogus feedback regarding their performance. Results showed that (a) participants altered their counseling self-efficacy depending on…

Changes in emotionality were obtained from prepracticum graduate students. The counselor trainees reported that they were most anxious because of the idea they had to do a good job, concern over what the client might think about them, probability that they might do poorly, and the consequence of doing poorly. (Author)