Counselors and helpees evaluated sessions and then reviewed videotapes identifying counselor intentions and rating helpfulness for each counselor turn. Results indicate counselors and helpees perceived different things to have occurred. Helpees felt that counselors were using more support, focus, and clarity and less self-control and resistance…

Investigated if and how role conflict affects counselor trainees' self-statements, anxiety level, and performance. Results suggested role conflict may produce few adverse effects on beginning trainees' self-evaluations, affect, or behavior. Trainee performance was inversely related to anxiety level, and anxiety was inversely related to strength of…

Investigated the relation between the predominant theoretical orientations of counselors (N=12) and intake interview judgments for 1,443 college students. Findings indicated that counselors who were humanistically oriented judged that their clients presented more severe educational problems and were more anxious than did counselors who were…

When professionals learn of unethical professional practice by a colleague, they have an ethical obligation to intervene through appropriate evaluation and reporting. Sexual activity between a professional and a client is used as an example, and guidelines are provided for initial approach and evaluation, confidentiality, and the rationale for and…

Reports the effectiveness of an orientation program for 29 psychotherapists who were beginning training at a large urban psychiatric outpatient clinic. Data indicated that therapists improved significantly in knowledge, sensitivity, and effectiveness as a result of the orientation program. (JAC)

Compared the effects of three feedback procedures (self-observation of videotaped appropriate behavior, self-observation of appropriate and inappropriate behavior, and practice without video feedback) on counselor trainees' interviewing skills. Results indicated all three strategies promoted reduction of inappropriate behaviors. Only…

Assigned 26 counselor trainees to either brief microskills practice (MS) or mental practice (MP) and videotaped posttraining simulated counseling interviews. Data showed MS was superior to MP on attending skills, MP led to superior performance on responding skills, and neither led to significant differences in competence on qualitative dimensions.…

Study data indicated that a combination of awareness and reinforcement was more effective in increasing the emission of target statements than either variable alone. (Author)

Although empathic understanding is widely taught, there is very little commonality among trainers in terms of what they teach their students to be empathic to. In this article the author presents a general conceptual set that may be applied to any statement a person makes. (Author)

A summary of two research studies. The purpose of the first study was to determine if there is a racial effect among black and white children in responding empathically to black and white girls who role-played problems. The second study compared the effectiveness of counselor-led groups and paraprofessional-led groups in bringing about change in a…

An investigation was made to determine the interrater reliability and validity of peer evaluations in a practicum setting. The interrater reliability on the Rating Scale of Counselor Effectiveness was high. Differences in absolute scores between student and supervisor were significant with students consistently rating their peers higher. (Author)

The basic components of marriage counseling are delineated and explored, that is, counseling on one hand and marital interaction on the other. This is regarded as setting the stage for the development of a full-fledged theory of marriage counseling. (Author)

This article presents the experience of an area vocational school to illustrate how counselors, with the help of a computer, can obtain locally validated test information useful in vocational counseling. (Author)