Counselor education emerged from the period 1965-1968 with a more professional status. As with any developing professions, however, some areas have advanced faster than others. For example, areas such as the evaluation of counselor education programs, problems of professional ethics, and the counseling of children with special problems received proportionally little attention. Other areas, such as standards, content of counselor education programs, use of subprofessional support personnel, and problems in selection and role, received considerable attention. The organization of this paper, presenting a critical review of literature from January 1965, through September 1968, is as follows: (1) selection and role of the counselor, (2) content of counselor education programs, (3) approaches to supervision, (4) evaluating effects of counselor education, (5) standards and accrediting, and (6) special issues, including use of subprofessional support personnel, and ethical concerns. (Author)