The results of this study provide evidence that counselors become involved in the defensive maneuvers of clients when objective self discrepant information is presented. (Author)

The emphasis is less on a systems approach to guidance change and more on the affective element, the excitement and motivation that is generated by being turned on. Probably the most important guidance changes will take place as theresult of an excited counselor or counseling staff being involved in activities that have meaning for them. (Author)

The author concludes that what has true meaning" for the counselee may be a bundle of misconceptions about himself and the world. He has grave misgivings about the claim that the means and information will be used in proper congruence with" anything. (Author/BY)

Describes special program on live supervision in family therapy given at 1988 annual American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD) Conference that featured experts Barbara Okun and Fred Piercy discussing "cotherapy" and "one-way mirror" live supervision approaches. Provides edited transcript of their program.…

The authors attempted to gain an understanding of critical incidents (CIs) from the perspective of novice counselor trainees during their 1st year of supervised clinical practicum. Journals kept by 9 trainees in master's-level counseling programs were qualitatively analyzed using the discovery-oriented research methodology (A. Mahrer, 1988). One…

The importance of extensive, high-quality counseling supervision has become recognized as critical to learning, maintaining, and improving professional counseling skills. Peer consultation models offer counselors a viable adjunct or alternative experience to traditional approaches to counseling supervision. Research provides accumulating support…

Three fundamental counseling skills are described from an educational rather than a therapeutic frame of reference. (Author)

A sound counselor accountability system would collate counselor accomplishments with costs. It would define the domain of counselor responsibilities, use student behavior changes as evidence of counselor accomplishments, state counselor activities as costs, promote self-improvement, permit reports of failures and unknown outcomes, be designed by…

Studies concerning school counselor roles have been conducted in various parts of the country. This study was conducted in South Carolina to determine the extent of counselor activity in certain areas of role performance. The questions to be answered were: (1) in what order of frequency do counselors report their major role activities and, (2) do…

This document describes a number of exemplary counseling programs and practices, research findings from various sources (1970-71) and the implications of these for counselors, the results of several surveys of counselor's attitudes, and reviews a number of available resources for practicing counselors. The document presents this material in short…

Examined the effects of order of stimulus presentation on observer ratings of counseling performance. Results revealed a statistically significant interaction between quality of performance and the order in which the performances were rated. (Author/ABB)

Examined the relation between a counselor's conceptual level (CL) and the counseling process. Counselors who were matched with a compatible environment performed better than those who were mismatched. Low-CL individuals performed significantly better in more highly structured environments, whereas high-CL individuals showed only a slight…

Calculates proportion of topic initiations (intrapersonal definition) and degree of topic determination (interpersonal definition) in counseling dyads. Results indicated regardless of definition, counselors had more control over the topic than clients, and for counselors, topic initiations had no relationship to actual topic control, whereas for…

Presents intentionality as an emerging perceptual construct that is viewed as a trait related to counselor functioning and performance. Definitions are compared, and findings of current research of counselor intentions are reviewed. Contemporary use of intentionality to distinguish levels of professional functioning is also discussed. (JAC)