Social justice is one of the core values within the counseling profession, as listed in the ACA Code of Ethics (2014). Counselors in training are charged with developing social justice skills that center advocacy and dismantling oppressive systems for clients, students, and communities. Although there is emerging interest in research, models, and…

This quantitative, non-experimental study examined LGBT, inclusive of transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC), counselor competence among counselors in higher education. The study utilized Multicultural Counselor Competence Theory as a theoretical framework and assessed the degree to which counselor traits were related to the construct of…

What started as an activity valued for its oversight, the work of academic advisors have become a means leading to other ends, such as retention, student engagement, student satisfaction, persistence, and time to degree. The purpose of this research was to identify the essential characteristics of academic advisors; this was achieved by asking a…

The need for and relevance of student counselling has been well argued for in past research, and has been duly recognised at governmental level in South Africa. However, this recognition necessarily calls for accountability from student counselling centres. In this regard, it becomes increasingly important to evaluate student counselling services…

In study 1, 28 college career counselor competencies were identified using a nominal group panel of seven participants. In study 2, 20 counselors rated these competencies, overwhelmingly endorsing 20 of them as valuable. (Contains 21 references.) (SK)

Exposed feminist and nonfeminist college women (n=211) to nonsexist/humanistic, liberal feminist, or radical feminist counseling through videotaped vignette, written transcript of videotape, or extended written description. Participants' perceptions of liberal feminist counselor were significantly more positive than perceptions of either nonsexist…

Examined effects of counselor expertness, trustworthiness, and attractiveness on participants' (n=166) impressions of counselor during counseling analogue situation. Using 2 (counselor disability) x 2 (level of training) factorial design, no significant differences were found with respect to counselor social influence. Neither physical disability…

Religious clients prefer to see a therapist who has a belief system similar to their own. In this study college students (N=194) from undergraduate psychology classes rated their willingness to see four hypothetical counselors when the word spirituality was included or excluded from the counselors' descriptions. Each counselor description included…

Examined the influence of counselor sex and subject self-concept on students' (N=105) perceptions of counselors. Students heard an audiotape in which a male or female counselor was/was not introduced as expert. Results showed a significant interaction between subject self-concept and introduction but not counselor gender and introduction. (JAC)

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)

Traces recent concepts of counselor motivations and intentions and proposes a model that locates intentions on a continuum of counselor strategy. A lack of published work on counselor motivation of practical or theoretical significance can be traced to methodological and design problems. Techniques for measuring intentions are discussed, with an…

In three studies, Mexican-American college students reported preference for ethnically similar counselors. Findings pertain to men and women and to persons who have and have not sought counseling, they are not significantly influenced by experimenter's ethnicity, and they apply to students who have considered counseling. Findings suggest that…

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

Japanese Americans (N=68) completed acculturation scale and rated credibility and attractiveness of counselor in tape-recorded simulated counseling session. Bicultural participants rated counselor as more attractive than did Western-identified participants. Japanese-American counselor was rated as more attractive than white-American counselor when…

Sixty-three university students completed the Human Spirituality Scale and the Counselor Description Questionnaire to investigate the effect of participants' spirituality on their choice of a counselor. Quantitative analyses indicate that level of spirituality had no statistically significant effect on counselor preference; however, qualitative…