Social work education aims to prepare students to effectively engage with diverse people and groups. This article presents a practical application of critical race theory (CRT) toward that end. It describes a brief history of curricular approaches to teaching diversity and social justice and examines a few of the challenges with current curricular…

This study explored master's level counselors-in-training perceptions of participation in a cohort model of education. Although the cohort model of education is widely used, research addressing its use in counselor education is scant. Literature regarding the cohort model of education from a variety of higher education programs was reviewed to…

Notes that Structural Family Therapy needs a training model that integrates the existential, human mutuality of the therapeutic relationship with its technical elements. Offers a theoretical foundation for training structural family therapists in the use of self, discusses a model for training, and gives a case example illustrating personal…

Several ideas are presented as a rationale for the existence of research teams in master's level counseling programs. Research teams provide master's level counseling students with a heightened sense of awareness, value of, and interest in the process of inquiry, development of meaningful research questions, and testing of hypotheses. Students are…

Reviews context and preparation of mental health counselors. Examines in detail curricula of three postbaccalaureate entry-level programs. Claims these programs tend to follow the medical model. Discusses the risks of this orientation. Claims this study demonstrates the international applicability of mental health counseling as a service delivery…

Notes that practicum and internship programs in a counselor education department may encounter two basic types of problems: those which require structural change and those which do not. Presents the Practicum-Internship Problem Solving (PIPS) model, a model that combines systems concepts with consultative approach to help to identify and solve…

Reviews literature on multicultural counselor education. Reviews counselor training models from social-organizational and counseling psychology in terms of their focus on sensitizing counselors to cultural differences. Recommends that counselor training programs place more emphasis on assessment of counselors' cultural values and attitudes, the…

Addresses three issues of concern to mental health counseling profession: professional identity, curricular expectations, and degree differentiation. Sees "mental health counseling" as preferred term for the profession as a whole. Sees 60-hour master's degree as terminal program, with doctorate expanding master's-level competencies in effort to…

This paper presents the subject knowledge base and field experience practice of the only post-secondary program to train employment counselors in Canada at Fleming College (Ontario). It lists the range of studies pursued in the program in the fields of psychology, the humanities, business and the economy, and field practice. The first section…

The major purpose of this investigation was to develop a program for teaching a specific counselor verbal skill and to examine the effect of simulation methods within the program. (Author)

An electronic portfolio is a collection of selected documents that illustrate an individual's competencies, skills, and accomplishments in a consolidated technological format. Like the traditional portfolio, counselors can use an electronic portfolio to document their professional skills and progress for supervisors, record their professional…

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…

Presents framework by which counseling psychology training programs can react to demands for preparing students for an increasingly diverse array of services to an almost equally diverse clientele. Proposes that adequate training for responding to diversity is the foundation for moving from recognition of diversity to an affirmation of diversity.…

Revision of the University of Victoria's career counselor training program along constructivist principles involved (1) placing meaning and personal constructs at the center of the program; and (2) developing reflective counselors who help clients through experiments rather than interventions, on four levels: imagined, thinking, simulated, and…

Discusses various approaches to multicultural counseling training currently being used in counselor education programs. Outlines a developmental framework that describes the types of training thought to be available to counseling students at this time. (Author)