Results of a self-report questionnaire listing eight job activities showed that staff counselors in colleges and universities across the country spend about half their time in direct counseling services. Respondents use about 90 percent of their time providing direct personal service (method) focused on an individual (target) for either…

Reports on interviews of 10 doctoral graduates of counselor education programs to determine how they viewed professional identity. Results focus on uniqueness of counselors, career development issues, dislike of research, grouping for support, dislike of managed care, anger over turf wars, and affinity with holistic and preventive medicine. (RJM)

Describes a support group for African-American students on a predominantly white university campus to illustrate contextual and ethnocultural influences on group therapeutic factors. Issues for counselors are also presented, including implications for both practice and research. (Author/NB)

Examines the scope of practice or the responsibilities, methods, and techniques in which the school counselor is trained to perform in today's school. Examines skills-based school counseling programs, the counselor's role in such programs, counselor education and training, and need for professional development. (NB)

Counselors can aid students in developing an educational philosophy and, accordingly, help them design an educational program and participate in experiences congruent with the students' goals and values. (Author)

Reports questionnaire study to determine how valuable the leave of absence is found to be by the student and to identify any factors concerning the student's situation, reasons for leaving, or decision-making process that might be associated with a valuable leave of absence and that would be useful in advising students contemplating such a move.…

A sample of 161 undergraduate students completed a questionnaire measuring their preferences for expertise, genuineness, trust, acceptance, understanding, outcome, and directiveness. These data were compared with data previously obtained about students' expectations of counseling, and the relationship among sex, college class, and preferences for…

Employers who use career interest tests as part of a battery of tests are cautioned not to interpret results literally. Because of the error noted in test results, other indices of career interest should be weighed heavily. (Author)

Through an organization called the Ethnic Committee, L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute Student Services counselors have had a unique experience in program development. The Committee designs programs to foster tolerance among the various ethnic groups of the school and to promote the successful adjustment of newcomers. (Author)

Using the tenets of feminist therapy, presents a career counseling model for reentry women. Describes goals, intervention strategies, and feminist tenets for each of three stages: stabilization; personal growth; and action. (MCF)

Author suggests 7 basic operating attitudes that an admissions officer or counselor should adopt. (Author/PG)

Studied the current status of training opportunities for gerontologial counselors. A survey of 474 university counselor education departments showed that 37% offer coursework to train counselors to work with older people, a 6% increase since 1975. In addition, 81 respondents indicated an intent to develop additional course offerings. (Aothor/JAC)

Explicates some current confusion surrounding case of Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California et al. (1976) in which verdict called for reasonable action by therapist to protect third parties. Addresses court decision and subsequent related court decisions, current interpretation of elements of case, and implications for school…

Provides counselors with an introduction to the role of psychosocial processes in the experience of pain and offers assessment and intervention recommendations based on a cognitive-behavioral therapy approach to pain management. (JPS)

Replies to Dryden (1990) and De Jager (1992), exploring the role of organized counseling psychology in challenging, maintaining, or promoting apartheid. The role of counselors should be informed by an acknowledgment of the central involvement of race and politics within counseling psychology so that appropriate organizational interventions can be…