Subjects were given a set emphasizing the importance of facilitative conditions or one in which no specific mention was made of the conditions. Although learning was not clearly demonstrated, the results indicated that the experimenters high in facilitative conditions elicited a greater percentage of the response class than did experimenters low…

A coordinated process for selection of school counselors is presented. Responsibility for counselor selection is shared by central office and school building administrators. District personnel developed a selection instrument which is used to assess strengths and limitations of counselor candidates. Counselor profiles are then evaluated in light…

The issues outlined are minimal renovations required in counselor education, but they are essential if black student counselors are going to find their professional education meaningful. Black counselors are needed to offset the victimization of blacks by unconcerned and improperly trained counselors. (Author)

There is a need for counselors who, because of their own self-consciousness and depth of their life experiencing, appreciate and to some degree understand the existential concerns of others. If such counselors will continually prepare themselves through study, reflection and practice, many more students may be helped. (Author)

Results of a counseling analogue study were that (a) the role manipulation was weak as subjects responded positively to interviewer references to self and others; and (b) while trustworthiness did not effect immediate influence, agreement with the interviewer increased over time for subjects interviewed under confidential condtions and decreased…

Recorded interview results were rated using the Hill Interaction Matrix. The findings indicated that while A and B counselors generated the same type of verbal interview content, B clients produced interviews containing more speculative, confrontive, challenging, and personally thought provoking statements than A clients. These results support the…

The research review concludes that: (1) more attention be given to matching of patient and therapist, either on basis of complementarity or similarity; and (2) since scale apparently is not associated with empathy and genuineness there may be dimensions of interventions other than those studied by Rogers and his students. Presented at American…

Techniques used by five interns build upon establishment of a strong relationship with the client, client acknowledgement of responsibility for his behaviors, acceptance by counselor of himself, search for hidden client feelings, and reinforcement. (CJ)

Study does not confirm Rogers' assertion that experienced therapists manifest more unconditional positive regard than do inexperienced therapists. Reprints from author, 245 Carmel Avenue, El Cerrito, California 94530. (Author)

Investigated the effects of positive and negative counselor disclosure using typescripts of hypothetical counseling interviews. Results indicated impact of condition was mixed, with each having some desirable effects. (PAS)

Examined subjects' causal attributions of counselor behavior and ratings of counselor characteristics as affected by counseling analogue methodologies. Quasi-analogue subjects tended to rate counselors more positively than did audiovisual analogue subjects. Audiovisual subjects who saw only the counselor tended to rate counselors more positively…

Two counselors, one a self-described feminist and the other holding more conservative attitudes toward women's liberation, led separate, semistructured consciousness-raising groups. It was found that participants in the group led by the feminist counselor showed higher postsession scores on the Attitudes Toward Women Scale. (GC)

High-facilitative counselors were perceived more positively than were low-facilitative counselors. The data suggest a relationship between Strong's and Carkhuff's models for counseling. The capacity of the Counselor Rating Form to differentiate both between and within counselors was also supported. (Author)

Presents a model to rewrite existing competency statements in standardized format to eliminate nonspecific, confounded, and missing competencies. Examples of the application of the model are given. (Author)

Providing student clients with background information about their prospective Chicano or Anglo counselors may increase the counselor's attractiveness, regardless of his ethnicity. Male counselors appear significantly more attractive as more information is provided about them, although subjects appear to have no preference for counselors of the…