Delineates some of the basic personality factors that interfere with good counseling. (Author)

THE CORRELATION OF REPORTED VARIATIONS IN COUNSELOR PRACTICES WITH WELL-IDENTIFIED PERSONALITY TRAITS WAS STUDIED. THE SIXTEEN PERSONALITY FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE (WHICH MEASURES 15 PERSONALITY TRAITS AND INTELLIGENCE) AND THE INVENTORY OF COUNSELING PRACTICES (WHICH EVALUATES 75 COUNSELING PRACTICES) WERE GIVEN TO 120 GRADUATE GUIDANCE STUDENTS AT…

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF FOUR SPEECHES PREPARED FOR DELIVERY AT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN PERSONNEL AND GUIDANCE ASSOCIATION. BIOLOGIST N.J. BERRILL, WHO DISCUSSES "HUMAN POTENTIAL," ACCENTUATES THE UNIQUENESS OF MAN, ASSERTING THAT PERSONALITY IS AN ESSENTIAL QUALITY IN HUMAN EVOLUTION AND MUST BE DEVELOPED. JACOB BRONOWSKI EXPLORES…

Empathy and stereotype accuracy of rehabilitation counselors attempting to preduct client responses on a problem inventory were studied. Results showed that all subject groups, pre-counselor through experienced counselor, with and without master's degrees, were able to make empathic and stereotype predictions at a level significantly better than…

Over the past several years, the field of elementary school guidance has grown in scope and importance. This monograph, from the Department of Guidance, Counseling, and Student Personnel at Ohio University, represents a recent, comprehensive picture of the status of the field. These five major sections comprise the monograph: (1) a statement of…

Counselor self-understanding as a vital factor in counseling is universally supported in the literature and by professional organizations. However, several practicing school counselors stated that they did not relate their self-understanding to their work as counselors. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of classifying…

Perhaps instead of thinking in terms of either counselors or coordinators, we should think in terms of counselors and coordinators. In differentiating between counselors and coordinators or between two levels of counselors, functions and roles must be considered. Psychological counselors do not necessarily work with all clients, only those needing…

A roster of all persons who perform rehabilitation counseling in the United States was compiled, and random samples of 40 each were selected from 25 sampling cells representing the total population of 4,559. Case records, job histories, early career aspirations, and education were examined in order to place the rehabilitation counselor in the…

Employment counselors must serve different clients and provide varied services. They must provide individual and group counseling, as well as environmental intervention. The counseling process is somewhat different for the employment counselor, who must also consider the available job market, motivational forces, aptitudes, skills, and interests.…

The scores of 20 high and 20 low dogmatic counselors-in-training were compared with their scores on the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule to identify those variables that enable prediction from one test to the other. Three scales, Abasement, Order and Dominance, were significant discriminators between high and low dogmatics. (Author)

Asked each of 41 psychologists to "refer" each of six case vignettes (two schizophrenic, two neurotic, and two "other") to the colleague he/she believed would be most effective with that case. A therapists received more schizophrenic than neurotic referrals, whereas B therapists received more neurotic than schizophrenic referrals. (Author)