Issues of Informed Entry into Counseling: Perceptions and Preferences Resulting from Different Types and Amounts of Pretherapy Information.

Epperson, Douglas L.; Lewis, Kathleen N.

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ERIC Number: EJ360532

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Issues of Informed Entry into Counseling: Perceptions and Preferences Resulting from Different Types and Amounts of Pretherapy Information.

Epperson, Douglas L.; Lewis, Kathleen N.

Journal of Counseling Psychology, v34 n3 p266-75 Jul 1987

Feminist and nonfeminist men and women (N=232) read a brief advertisement or explicit description of traditional or feminist counselor and reported their impressions of the counselor and their willingness to see the counselor for variety of problems. Results suggest need for more explicit pretherapy information to enable clients to make informed choices about entering counseling relationship. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), College Students, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship, Decision Making, Feminism, Higher Education, Information Needs, Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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