A study of the counseling centers of public community colleges in the Southwest was conducted to determine the characteristics and duties of counseling personnel, the types of services provided, and counselors' perceptions of students' most prevalent concerns. All community colleges in Arizona (N=15) and Nevada (N=4) and six institutions in New…

Several specific research approaches are compared with regard to cost-effectiveness, types of disorders to which they best respond, general strategies, and therapist personality. Replicated findings include: (1) support for both the functional reversal and semantic reversal of the "A-B Scale;" (2) characterization of therapists who are effective…

Numerous investigations have been conducted to discover the personality correlates of effectiveness in counseling, especially variables concerned with the counselor's ability to function flexibly and openly in both cognitive and affective dimensions. The relationship between dogmatism and facilitative interpersonal functioning was examined by…

A three-year combined sample of 103 master's level counseling students was administered five measures of cognitive complexity, selected on the bases of previous factor analytic research and their potential relevance to counseling research. The instruments were designed to measure the processing of social stimuli, and included the Interconcept…

While the physical education teacher or coach is rarely a trained counselor, occasion may arise when he or she may be called upon to assume that role in relationship with a student. In this guide counseling techniques are discussed for the use of the teacher who is not formally trained in them and a brief list of specific "do's" and "don'ts" is…

This article is primarily written for beginning therapists, paraprofessionals, and interested students. The following questions are discussed: (1) Who are therapists?; (2) What do therapists do?; (3) Why do people become therapists?; and (4) What are the characteristics of "good" therapists? The continuum of therapists is examined, ranging from…

The purposes of this school counselor preparation program were twofold: (1) to recruit, train, and certify as school counselors in Wisconsin individuals with strong behavioral science undergraduate training and experience in related helping professions; and (2) to ascertain if school counselors without teaching experience could be as effective as…

In this speech, the author discusses the task of curriculum design in counselor education. He focuses on several component parts of this difficult task, including developing a theory of curriculum, defining counseling--its goals and outcomes, and explaining counselor characteristics. Only when these more general questions have been answered in a…

This field study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between the level of counselor self-actualization and student evaluation of the guidance program. The sample included counselors in 23 Ohio high schools who completed "Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory" (POI) and their respective 11th grade students who completed…

Volume II of The Study of Junior Colleges contains the results of the case studies and concomitant surveys. This volume describes the exploratory study of 15 types of junior colleges, which formed the core of the project. Emphasis was on assessing the impact of these institutions on the students they enroll. The volume includes an explanation of…

This study continues the search for meaningful relationships between counselor trainee characteristics and effectiveness. Self-disclosure, dogmatism, locus of control, Machiavellianism, academic aptitude, and sex of counselor trainees were investigated for relationships to effectiveness during practicum or internship. (Author)

Significant correlations were obtained between student ratings of the effectiveness of the guidance program and Personal Orientation Inventory scales of Time Competence and Spontaneity. Thus, the more actualizing the counselor as measured by POI, the more likely the students were to assign high ratings to the school guidance program. (Author/DEP)

The purpose of the study was to clarify the status of elementary school guidance in Canadian urban areas. Information on the counsellor's background and work setting were obtained from the responses on the Counsellor Data Blank and Guidance Services Opinionnaire. Results were examined in terms of Developmental and Traditional approaches. (Author)

Female (N = 4) interviewers, two black and two white, portrayed expert or referent role and attempted to influence 32 white subjects to use problemsolving processes and perform career-planning activities. Significant interactions of race and role were obtained such that black-expert and white-referent interviewers were most influential in attitude…