Compared pre- and post-semester counseling interviews of 13 trained graduate student counselors and 13 graduate students in a no-treatment control condition. Found trained graduate student counselors decreased use of assessment intention and question response mode and increased use of explore intention and minimal encouragers response mode when…

Examined the effects of a 12-week growth group on self-actualizing behaviors involving a treatment group of 9 master-level counselor candidates and a control group of 8 master-level counselor candidates. Significant gains were obtained by the treatment group on a measure of self-actualization, and these gains tended to hold 5 months later.…

Surveyed Chinese (N=102) and American (N=148) graduate students studying at the same large American university on the preferences for counselor characteristics, images of a counselor, and attitudes toward counseling and counseling services. Found that although both groups held positive attitudes towards counseling they had different preferences…

Describes effectiveness of parable format for increasing student understanding of counseling concepts and for helping students attain self-actualization. Illustrates effectiveness by describing his published parable entitled Gifts From Eykis. Argues that counselor educators should consider using literature and other creative vehicles in their…

Investigated relationship between family-of-origin experiences and counseling effectiveness of counselors in training. Results from 50 graduate students in counseling revealed significant negative correlations between participants' perceived autonomy, perceived intimacy, and perceived levels of health in their family-of-origin experiences and…

Compared perceptions of expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness of computer-assisted guidance systems, as measured by adapted version of Counselor Rating Form, for 107 college students in two treatment conditions (DISCOVER and SIGI) and computer imaging control condition. Findings showed that students in both treatment conditions had more…

Examined perception of ethicalness of some common beliefs, frequency of ethical behaviors, and agreement between ethical beliefs and behavior of college counseling center personnel (n=137). Results of the national survey identified areas in which staff were practicing in an ethical fashion and areas in which staff may need clarification of ethical…

Novice counselors (n=36) saw recruited helpees. Introverted helpees rated sessions as less smooth but not less deep than nonintroverted helpees. Helpee-rated session smoothness was associated with greater use of support intentions, less use of resistance and challenge intentions. Novice counselors used more cognitions and challenge intentions and…

Compares the family-of-origin perceptions of doctoral psychotherapists in training with doctoral students in other social science fields. Results indicate differences in family-of-origin perceptions between the two groups on measures of family cohesion, adaptability, and family satisfaction. Implications for clinical training are discussed.…

Investigated Strong's prediction of the existence of three dimensions of perceived counselor behavior--expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness. Films of interviews given by Rogers, Ellis, and Perls were watched by 202 subjects, who rated each counselor on 36 bipolar scales. Results supported the existence of the hypothesized dimensions for…

Group practicum classes in counselor training most commonly blend didactic information, case presentations, and interpersonal process material. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of these three classroom events on 17 students' conscious awareness of their development as counselors. Data consisted of group practicum students'…

Past research has suggested that interpersonal influence in counseling is enhanced as clients perceive their counselors to be interpersonally attractive and similar to themselves. This study examined the relationship of specific verbal and nonverbal cues to perceived counselor attractiveness in a field setting, and explored the relation between…

Counseling is a dyadic interaction between client and counselor, in which their cognitive processes influence how they interact and communicate. To investigate the effect that a match of cognitive complexity between counselor and client has upon the counselor's empathy, 9 counselors and 27 clients participated in a study. After 7 weeks of…

Child sexual abuse is being reported more often than ever before and counselors need to be prepared to serve victims of such abuse. In offering course materials and activities in master's level counselor education programs, instructors may notice a reluctance by some of the students to deal with these issues. This reluctance may be due to the fact…

It is generally acknowledged that racial groups differ in their values, beliefs and behaviors as well as counseling needs, but evidence is mixed as to the effects of racial differences in the counseling process. A sample of 70 clients participated in a study to examine the differences in the duration, satisfaction, and effectiveness resulting from…