There has been little examination of multicultural counseling competencies of rehabilitation counselor trainees. The current study examined competency development (knowledge, skills and awareness) of 68 rehabilitation counseling master's degree students across six universities. Results indicate that students did not demonstrate competence in…

School counselors often have to give difficult news to parents, a process that can be stressful and troubling for everyone involved. While the reaction of each parent is unique, research indicates that many parents who have been given difficult news about their children feel that the information was delivered poorly. This article provides…

The use of a modified form of the Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) technique was studied as an influence on the counseling dimensions of level of regard, empathic understanding, unconditionality of regard, and congruence. Analysis of covariance revealed no significant differences between groups on each of the four variables. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of introducing parts of the systematic communication training described by Carkhuff into one course of a traditional Master's degree program in counseling. Fifteen graduate students received approximately 15 1/2 hours of training and practice in facilitative communication skills. Thirty-nine…

Self-, peer, and supervisor ratings were obtained for simulated interviews using seven different measures of counseling performance. Results indicated significant differences among self, peer, and supervisor ratings and among four of the seven dependent measures. (Author/BL)

Presents data on the interrater reliability, internal consistency, factor structure, and discriminant validity of the Cognitive Therapy Scale (CTS). Results indicate that the CTS can be used with only moderate interrater reliability but the aggregation can be used to increase reliability. The CTS is highly homogeneous and provides a relatively…

Employed stimulated recall and content analysis to examine relations among counselor and client cognitions, behaviors, and ratings. Several consistent, interpretable patterns were observed across counselor intentions, counselor behaviors, and client cognitive processing. Relatively few effects of stage of counseling or of counselor experience were…

Describes statistical techniques for analyzing data collected by management information systems. The techniques permit comparison of the performance of service providers and are applicable to databases developed for all service systems where human beings are being provided total care. The approach involves the application of both traditional…

Therapists engaged in the use of family therapy as a treatment method are consistently faced with a rather intense resistance on the part of the family to being treated as a unit. The author's own experience both in doing and supervising family therapy has necessitated some focusing on this perplexing problem. (Author)

This reaction to the special feature on psychological education (School Counselor, May, 1973) stresses the need for more articles on workable methods of implementing both the new and old theories and programs into a school or community. (JC)

Describes the counselor's obligations and responsibilities to his client. (BH)

Most counselors in this study tended to communicate real interest and concern only if the client is in obvious distress; they indicated such interest on the goal checklist by checking a relatively large number of goals. (Author)

Describes a communications system for planning and carrying out guidance and counseling activities. The article stresses the importance of an adequate feedback system used by all participants and describes its relationship to counselor accountability. (Author)