Compared the level of self-actualization of beginning and advanced students in a master's program in counselor education using the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). The advanced students scored significantly higher than the beginning students on two POI Scales, Feeling Reactivity and Acceptance of Aggression. (Author)

The use of training groups in counselor education was evaluated by assessing trainees' (N=12) ratings of the usefulness of the group in terms of its objectives, their comments regarding the personal benefits of participating in the group, and their gains on the Tc and I scales of the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). Results indicated that…