Two procedures are described which have been used by counselors to ellicit self disclosure. (Author)

This book serves as a ready reference for advancing a common understanding of the rapidly evolving school counseling profession. Its purpose is to help school counselors, school counseling students, educators, administrators and other school counseling stakeholders best converge on the most highly agreed upon responses to common professional…

THIS RESEARCH WAS DESIGNED TO EXPLORE THE BEHAVIOR OF THE EXPERIENCED SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR IN HIS OWN SCHOOL SETTING. IN ORDER TO STUDY THIS BEHAVIOR, A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED BASED UPON COUNSELOR TRANSITION POINTS AND SUB-ROLES. USING THE 12 CATEGORIES DEVELOPED FOR THE STUDY, 66 INTERVIEWS WERE INVESTIGATED FROM THE VIEWPOINT…

Although general counselor characteristics are related to positive client outcomes, an examination of counselor behaviors which may be more specific to the counseling situation is necessary. Discussed here are two variables specific to the counseling situation: (1) counselor immediacy, the degree to which the counselor ignores or explores client…

Comments on Sheridan's (1982) article on sex bias in counseling, and clarifies the relationship between research evidence, ideological beliefs, and professional practice. The social importance of the gender bias issue in counseling implores that our beliefs about the issue be predicted on evidence rather than on ideological considerations. (JAC)

Ethical practice in counseling should mean more than remedying past mistakes. Counselors must give certain philosophical and procedural questions constant attention to check on the validity for the present of long held ideas. In this way emerging issues can be identified before impossible situations are created. (Author)

The present findings, although not supporting an interactional explanation, support studies that have shown A's to be more verbally facile and active, and to be more sensitive to social cues, than B's. (Author)