The results of this study suggest that the respondees place great significance on those characteristics which are demanding of interpersonal skills and deemphasize those characteristics which represent attributes of the individual. (Author)

This study investigated the extent to which empathy, self actualization, and leadership in group discussion situations would predict the criterion of who would be hired as resident fellows (RF). Since leaderless group discussion did differentiate with some degree of "accuracy" it promises to be an excellent future device for use with RF selection.…

This study provides several basic descriptive statistics relevant to the newly established counselor education programs in Great Britain. Britain's commitment to its Commonwealth nations adds a dimension with which few American training programs have had to cope. (Author)

This paper describes a content analysis scale, the Counselor Activity Profile, that can be used to objectively and systematically quantify and profile a counselor's interview behavior according to the amount of interview time devoted to various discrete counseling responses. Research done with the scale is also described. (Author)

Approach described derives from social exchange theory as developed by Thibaut and Kelley, and states that successful therapist must provide client with a series of experiences of low hedonic outcome first to block disordered behavior and then to induce client into new behaviors with which he needs construct revising experiences. Presented at…

Results indicated a significant difference between advanced groups and beginning groups and between pre and posttest measures in a direction perceived as desirable by authorities in the field. (Author)

This paper presents a concept of what a counselor is: a listener; a sensitive, tuned, instrument, a human being, risking oneself again and again in human encounters in which positive gain for the counselee must still reflect the personal dispositions of his own being. (KJ)

Study results show a substantial increase on accurate empathy but no overall gains on nonpossessive warmth, with some decrease among those counselors initially displaying high levels of warmth. (Author/CJ)

Study results show that trainees prefer to be counseled by one of their own race, except for northerm whites who chose a black female counselor as first choice, and a northern white male as second. Awareness is urged by counselor educators of the number and needs of counseling programs for minority disadvantaged groups. (CJ)

Findings are consistent with previous research which has suggested the therapeutic relevance of empathy across a wide range of clientele and treatment setting. This study demonstrates the relationship of empathy and warmth to attitudes and behaviors observable outside the psychotherapy process. (Author)

Emphasizing the specific of selection and intentionally structured practice experiences, the program is as applicable to nonprofessional as to professional traiing programs. Research is reviewed giving specific selection criteria on personality measures and on initial levels of interpersonal skills. A specific integrated didactic (feedback) and…

Transference, selective retention, and misperception-overstatement are factors considered in the guidance image problem. Suggests image prototypes for school counselors to project. (EK)

Profiles of 149 male marriage counselors were analyzed for mean of scales, standard deviations, variances, and for high and low point characteristics. Of these, 139 were judged by the writer as to ability to perform as marriage counselors. Symbolic interaction theory is the framework within which this research was done. (Author)