This is a study of the changes that occur in undergraduate student interviewers as traced in three separate interviews over a 3-year training period and replicated over two classes of students. Student interviewees perceived student interviewers as more benign than professional interviewers over the series of three interviews. (Author)

The relative influence of counselor status on subjects' perceptions of the counselor was examined. Counselor behavior produced a main effect on each of the six dependent measures, while counselor introduction produced a main effect on only Counselor Competence and Counselor Comfort. Implications are discussed. (Author)

We can learn about the identity of counseling psychologists by examining graduate programs that train them. This article reports the results of the 1976 study by the Council of Counseling Psychology Programs. It looks at program identification and characteristics, faculty and student characteristics, applications and financial aid, and job…

In the black college, the white counselor who is aware, who is himself a psychologically healthy person, who is genuine, who has respect for others and is a good therapist, may transcend the barriers and create an atmosphere of growth that would be difficult to work in under different circumstances. (Author)

Subjects viewed one of two female confederate counselors exploring a female confederate client's problem and attempt to influence. Significant results were higher ratings of counselor expertness for the expert than the referent power base, and higher ratings of counselor expertness for low status within the expert power base. (Author)

In two studies the Counselor Rating Form was shown to be sensitive to perceived differences among and within counselors of moderate and minimal levels of training/experience. A significant positive relationship was noted between perceived counselor expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness and willingness to refer oneself to the observed…

Selected personality variables, sex, age, interpersonal values, and educational level, were examined as antecedents to preferences for a nondirective (Carl Rogers) or directive (Albert Ellis) therapist. Individuals who preferred the Ellis presentation proved to more dogmatic and externalized than individuals preferring the Rogers presentation.…

Explored specific behaviors and characteristics of counselors that relate to adult, female clients' disclosure of incest during counseling. Suggests that factors related to initial disclosure and exploration of incest are client readiness, direct questioning by the counselor, specific counselor characteristics, and positive counselor reactions to…

Filters or sources of distortion inherent in the counselor culture can diminish the counselor's ability to understand a person asking for help. A counselor's role, theoretical orientation, work context, and personal experience influence the interaction between counselor and client so that the client may not be the center of the counseling process.…

Focuses on the problems that family therapists, typically middle-class and from the majority culture, may have in adopting culturally sensitive perceptions and appropriate techniques. Discusses critical issues in culturally conscious family therapy and presents classical family therapy techniques as they might be modified for Mexican-American or…

Defines existentialism, culture, and cross-cultural counseling and explains how various existential concepts can serve as guidelines for cross-cultural counseling. Advocates finding approach to help counselors and counselor trainees understand how their own cultural identities affect their ability to help culturally different clients. (NB)

Evaluation of the unsuccessfully closed cases of 57 deaf vocational rehabilitation clients found that the presence of a secondary disability, a low family income, few years of formal education, inexperienced counselors, and reduced funding for rehabilitation were predictors of unsuccessful closure. (DB)

Examined relations among various client and counselor characteristics and engagement in counseling for more than one session. After the initial interview, clients and counselors rated each other. Counselors' perceptions of clients as more disturbed, identification of concerns for clients by counselors, and counselors' desire to see the clients…

Advocates the human science perspective in achieving methodological balance in counseling research. Presents a perspective on the meaning, structure, and content of the human science orientation; identifies and illuminates selected qualities of "being" and of "mind" related to human science research competence; suggests possibilities for the…

Analyzed reactions of 30 professionally employed counselors to a role-played, videotaped intake interview with a potential client. The counselors assessed the probability that they would elect to counsel the person and rated both themselves and the client on the Counselor Rating Form (CRF). The trustworthiness dimension had most influence on…