Given the sociopolitical climate of schools today and multiple crises, school counselors are poised to center healing engagement, antiracist education, and social emotional learning through group counseling. Therefore, counselor education programs must prepare and train social justice-engaged school counselors with advanced group knowledge and…

This phenomenological study explored the experiential learning of 5 master's-level counseling students undergoing live supervision in a group techniques course. Multiple themes were identified to provide a textural-structural description of how students authentically engaged in the learning process. Implications for counselor education and…

In this consensual qualitative research study, the authors explored supervisors' (n= 11) and their supervisees' (n= 31) perceptions of individual, triadic, and group supervision sessions during practicum. Data from supervisor individual interviews and supervisee focus-group interviews revealed several themes regarding the advantages and…

Two hypotheses were tested: (a) Group counseling in associated with changes in self reports of counselors in training; and (b) Group counseling increases self recognition abilities of counselors in training. Study and control group scores on the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and the Motivation Analysis Test were compared. Selected criteria…

The West Virginia University (WVU) model, designed and suggested as a means of meeting the need for a systematic approach to educating group counselors, provides student leaders with a training experience combining certain facets of the models reviewed in the literature: practice and feedback, participation, modeling, and instruction. (Author)

Group counseling for elderly people and their caregivers is described as effective treatment needed in counselor education curricula. Considers training needs and resources for counselor education programs. Notes need for counselor educators planning curricula and professionals pursuing competency through individualized plans of continuing…

This article proposes a model for the experimental process involved in counseling groups composed of counselor trainees. The group setting provides members the opportunity to learn and practice facilitative behavior while achieving increased self-understanding and self-congruence. (Author)

The present study explored the effectiveness of using a planned social modeling procedure in contrast to other procedures to increase certain trainee verbal responses in a counseling group. (Author)

This study attempts to appraise the value of a training group psychotherapy experience within the counselor training program. The results indicated that the group psychotherapy influenced the trainees personal characteristics and professional attributes. Also 60 percent of the trainees sought further counseling or psychotherapy. (Author/CG)

This article describes a 10-week workshop for experienced counselors who are interested in learning to do group counseling. (Author)

A teaching model is presented which was used for increasing the skills and interests of practicing school counselors in group counseling. A significant aspect of the model is its inclusion of learnings designed to explore both affective and cognitive aspects of the group process. (Author)

Presents case example and evaluation of group counselor supervision. Describes how experiential client-centered and didactic supervision methods were employed to achieve four key supervisory goals within an interpersonally oriented developmental framework. Attempts to document actual practice of group supervision over the course of the group life…

Discusses a thematic analysis of retrospective phenomenological interviews with four group counseling practicum participants. Suggests the importance of peer feedback supports experimenting with different approaches to the group process. Recommends future research on the impact of group counseling practicum supervision be structured to allow…

Study tests the Skilled Group Counseling Training Model (SGCTM). Results reveal that students in a group counseling class who were trained in the model used at least 80% of the SGCTM skills during three simulated group counseling sessions. During these sessions, the students adhered to one of three counseling theories (Person-Centered, Gestalt,…

Discusses a few key problems facing faculty members of a Group Counseling Institute that was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor in 1971. (RP)