The current study explores the encouraging and discouraging factors influencing female counselor educators. This study asked 115 female counselor educators to rate each of 91 items as to how encouraging or discouraging each item was to them as faculty members. The means and standard deviations were calculated for each of the 91 items of the PMBCE.…

In this article, the American School Counselor Association National School Counseling Research Center's history, development, and future goals are described.

Numerous issues in on-campus clinical training are addressed in this book. Concerns such as developing, evaluating, and revising on-campus laboratories are covered. The first chapter includes a review of the available, published literature on running clinics. The text is then divided into six parts. Part One outlines the Council for Accreditation…

The September 1988 newsletter of Commission VII (Counseling and Psychological Services) of the American College Personnel Association contained a survey addressing the issues of sexual intimacy in the training and practice of counselors, psychologists and educators. Approximately 800 surveys were mailed to the commission members. Participation in…

This paper argues for a dramatic shift in thinking in the counseling profession and society at large. The argument is divided into three major themes or integrative concepts: (1) Partnerships; (2) Inclusivity; and (3) Connectedness. The themes are prefaced by a brief survey of global trends, national and international events, and crises caused by…

Supervision of the counselor trainee by a supervisor during an actual counseling session is the topic of this presentation. The first page, presented in outline form, lists six types of live supervision: bug-in-the-ear, monitoring, in vivo, phone-in, consultation, and walk-in. Also listed are differences between individual and family live…

Discusses faculty and student attitudes to graduate student participation as student-faculty members in a counselor education program. Indicates several problems and concerns by both graduate students and faculty, and poses several questions for further study. (PC)

This study determines the impact of the 1965-66 NDEA Institute for the preparation of elementary school counselors on its 30 enrollees. Using a definition of the elementary school counselor's role, the institute staff developed a program including statistics, counseling theory and practice, group procedures, mental hygience, personality and child…

This booklet, in honor of Edmund Williamson, contains several articles. First T. R. McConnell discusses "The Impact of the Minnesota Student Personnel Program on Higher Education." He presents Williamson's theory on student personnel services (SPS) as being an integral part of the university. He also points out Williamson's philosophy on student…

This paper reviews research on supervision in counselor training. The author approaches supervision in counselor training as a continuum. At one end are those who see supervision primarily as a didactic activity and at the other extreme are those that stress the experiential, "counseling" approach to supervisory role. The two approaches demand…

Recommends that the influences outlined in this article be given priority in programs designed to prepare professional counselors. Attention to these issues should result in the student counselor's becoming more sensitive to the core dimensions of an effective counseling relationship and the proper role of the practicing counselor. (Author)

The recent emphasis on career education coupled with Canada's growing unemployment rate has made it necessary for counselor educators to reexamine their programs, especially as they relate to vocational guidance and counseling. The author presents his suggestions as to how these professional training programs can be improved. (Author/HMV)

The effect of supervision on the learning of interviewing skills within the microcounseling format was studied. Subjects were randomly assigned to a supervised, nonsupervised, or no-training control condition. Analyses revealed a significant main effect indicating significant improvement in only the supervised group's combined use of opposite and…

This study begins a systematic description of contemporary graduate training in counseling and clinical psychology, first by seeking major dimensions of training, then by comparing the two specialties on those dimensions. A second aim was to generate a set of objectives and competencies as a step toward standardization of evaluation. (Author/JEL)