The current emphasis on performance criteria in training programs and in professional services poses a threat to the humanistically oriented helper. This article suggests a behavioral humanism as the desired solution to the dilemma and proposes some guidelines for formulating and implementing such a synthetic system. (Author)

There is a need for vocational counseling to become and remain competitive in the constantly changing job market. Emphasis within career planning should be on adaptability to change and versatility. (DS)

This article presents an examination of several personality theories, questioning their relevance and appropriateness for women and also the counseling methods and approaches based upon these theories. (JC)

This paper is an attempt to provide a survey of the work of one of our seminal interpersonal theorists, S. Potter. His writings are analyzed for their relevance to the consultant of today and to the consultant of yesterday. (Author)

Analyzes the behavioral changes of trainee counselors and presents a five stage study of the similarities and differences of counselor development on both sides of the Atlantic. (RK)

Encouragement in all facets of the counseling interview is a critical ingredient in the counseling process. This article sets forth the theory and specific applications of the encouragement process in counseling, as viewed in the socio-teleological model. (Author)

A study of methods, goals and uses of behavioral counseling. (MM)

There are counselors who oppose the concept of differential staffing, or the use of aides in counseling offices. In this article the author reviews some of the stated objections, provides rebuttal, and gives some of the unstated reasons for the concept's lack of acceptance among practicing secondary school counselors. (Author)

The author suggests that a counselor's emphasis should be on flexibility of approach. A counseling system should include physical as well as verbal and artistic means of communication. The educational system should be as concerned with psychomotor aspects of learning as with affective and cognitive aspects. (Author)

The author highlights some of the implications of Kemp's points for counselors and clients. He also raises additional questions about the American experience, writing from a perspective as a counselor-educator sympathetic to existential views. (Author/BY)

Examines the assertion that eye-movement assessments can be reliably used to identify primary sense systems in a study of 26 female college students who participated in two interviews. Results showed subjects did not return to the same strategy in response to the same question as evidenced by eye movements. (JAC)

Shows how counselor educators may use the multimodal approach of Lazarus to provide students with a conceptual framework for integrating and evaluating various counseling theories and making systematic choices about appropriate interventions for their clients. (Author)

Discusses the Gestalt therapy group process and its roots in theory and therapeutic orientation. Indicates that the process itself, particularly the role of the therapist, is a key factor in the intensity and power of the group experience for the participants. (Author)