Surveyed 75 trainees after supervision sessions to assess working alliances, as well as the trainee's adherence to a treatment model. Found that the trainee's perception of the supervisory alliance was significantly related both to the client's perception of the counseling alliance and to aspects of treatment adherence. Trainees apparently applied…

Compared responses of 132 training directors and 79 clinical members of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy regarding current specified standards for accreditation of Marriage and Family Therapy training programs. Results about preferred criteria for accreditation, training requirements, and attitudes toward major professional…

Discusses the ethical issues inherent in rehabilitation counseling, including emerging ethical standards in rehabilitation counselor supervision, supervisory relationship vulnerability and codes of ethics applicable to rehabilitation supervision, and ethical concerns that are common to supervision. (JPS)

Surveyed 120 counselor education programs to examine inclusion of women's and gender issues in counseling curricula. Although majority of programs surveyed recognized importance of including women's or gender issues in their curriculum, fewer than one-half of them reported including these issues, either in separate course or as part of other…

Presents three models for implementing marriage and family counseling training: community counseling, interdisciplinary, and Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Identifies and discusses related conceptual and pragmatic issues. Concludes by presenting implications for counselor educators. (Author/NB)

Although counseling psychology trainees are increasingly exposed to suicidal clients, research suggests that comprehensive, systematic training in suicidology in counseling psychology programs rarely occurs. This contribution provides counseling psychology educators and practitioners with an overview of the field of suicidology as it applies to…

Elaborates on some of the issues raised by Werth and Holdwick, and Westefeld et al. (2000, [this issue]). Comments on the implications for the training and clinical practice opportunities of counseling psychologists. Seeks to analyze certain aspects of the state of the art in these fields to stimulate and challenge thinking about working with…

Legal challenges to counseling students' dismissal that are based on interpersonal or clinical incompetence require sound systematic academic evaluation and adherence to procedural and substantive due process. Presents an examination of professional competency from counselor education and legal perspectives, an evaluation procedure and process,…

Counselor education faculty were interviewed regarding the evaluation criteria and decision-making processes used during selection interviews. Ten characteristics were identified that participants looked for during interviews. There was a high degree of agreement among participants on the evaluation criteria they used. However, the same…

School counseling professionals are recognizing the need to address family issues as an intervention strategy with children. Counselor educators can assist school counselor trainees in understanding the family systems' perspective by using the family autobiography as a course requirement. This article presents a description of the family…

This study examined the career experiences of African American counselor educators in programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. Results indicated that African American counselor educators perceived publishing, colleagues' racism, and lack of mentoring as major barriers to the attainment of…

In this literature review, the author focuses on several ethical considerations in case conceptualization and diagnosis, including diagnostic training and competence. Meeting the American Counseling Association's (1995) ethical standard for diagnostic training has several ethical implications for counselors, counselor educators, and supervisors.…

Women frequently lack access to within-profession (and more frequently within-department) mentors to help them clarify and maneuver within the unwritten rules of their profession's culture (Cawyer, Simonds, & Davis, 2002). Such access is especially vital in academia. Women have access to graduate programs, yet the major obstacle they face is…

In this article, the American School Counselor Association National School Counseling Research Center's history, development, and future goals are described.

The Center for School Counseling Outcome Research (CSCOR) was founded in January 2003 to provide leadership in promoting quality school counseling research and to give practicing school counselors ready access to relevant research in order for them to make effective program decisions. CSCOR currently is the foremost national research facility…