Based in part on a doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of California at Berkeley, and supported by Public Health Service Grant 4F1-MH-12, 595-04.

THESE RESEARCH SCALES PROVIDE CONCRETE SPECIFICATIONS, ALONG QUANTIFIED DIMENSIONS, OF THE THREE CENTRAL INGREDIENTS OF EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC ENCOUNTERS--(1) ACCURATE EMPATHY, (2) NONPOSSESSIVE WARMTH, AND (3) GENUINENESS. THE RELIABILITY OF THE SCALES WAS OBTAINED BY CORRELATING DIFFERENT RATER'S RATINGS ON THE SCALES FOR THE SAME SAMPLES OF…

A trait measure of empathy, a skill measure of empathy and an attitude scale on psychological effectiveness were administered to both counselor trainees and "natural helpers", i.e. persons in helping relationships who have not been formally trained as mental health professionals or paraprofessionals. The results indicated that the…

This study investigated the attitudes of secondary school guidance counselors toward trade and industrial education, in relation to individual characteristics, experience, knowledge about the program, and type of program in operation. Usable responses on the School Counselor's Inventory for Vocational Trade and Industrial Education were made by…

Paper one discusses client ratings of counselors based on the Counseling Evaluation Inventory, and academic recovery through structured group counseling. Conclusions suggest that counseling success varies as a function of counselor comfort, and that counselors tend to become more comfortable with experience. Consequently, experienced counselors…

This study was designed to develop a conceptual framework or model for the measurement of the professional orientation of rehabilitation counselors. The four orientations identified were: (1) concern for the counselor-client relationship, (2) concern for the client's situation, (3) concern for both relationship and situation or bipolar, and (4)…

With the profession of Rehabilitation Counseling presently focusing on such major issues as ethics, certification and accreditation, accountability becomes the keyword. This study was conducted to meet the accountability issue for one graduate training program. The program was investigated in three different areas of outcome, utilizing a sample of…

The objectives of the project are reviewed: (1) to develop demographic data on rehabilitation counselors and supervisors in state and federal agencies, as well as on their work milieu and certain perceptions; (2) to inventory the kinds of continuing education experiences being provided to practicing rehabilitation counselors; and (3) to test an…

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the need for aggressive innovation and to focus upon selected counseling approaches which appear to the author to have merit in meeting clients' needs. The need for different or innovative counseling is evident when one considers such problem areas as low achievement, the dropout rate, and increasing…

The present project is aimed at evaluating and describing the quality, uniformity and standards of vocational rehabilitation throughout the state agencies in the United States. The aim is to identify techniques, personnel, practices, programs and services that do and do not substantially contribute to effective vocational rehabilitation of…

A group of students listened to one of two matched therapy audiotapes: English spoken with either a standard American or a Spanish accent. Both Mexican-American and Anglo-American students attributed more skill, understanding and attractiveness to the Anglo-American professional than to the Mexican-American professional. (Author/SE)

Counselor trainees in different phases of a training program designed to produce open and humanistic counselors were compared on the Counselor R Scale. The Rokeach Dogmatism Scale was included for analysis, since it was thought to be a component of the restrictive-nonrestrictive dimension. (Author/BJG)