Investigated the effects of yoking role-play practice to modeling treatments designed to teach rudimentary counseling skills of reflection of feeling. Counselors-in-training (N=28) were assigned to one of the four treatment conditions. There were significant differences between students who received an opportunity to role-play practice and those…

Presents a conceptual model that relates the range of types of experiential groups to their potential learning outcome. Attempts to relate group process and likely skill acquisition through participation in the group process. Tested model by considering applicability to a range of group learning processes. (RC)