Describes the counselor's role in correctional counseling which centers around three concepts: the counselor as social change agent, resource developer, and therapist. (Author/HMV)

Counselors are becoming more aware of the importance of working with large systems to bring about change that will influence individuals. In this article the author relates some of his early experiences as a young school counselor and suggests guidelines for bringing about change. (Author)

Traditionally counselors have functioned as agents and apologists for the established system. If counselors are to become more responsive to their clients' needs, they must acknowledge the negative effects that society and its institutions can have on individuals and begin to effect changes at the institutional level. (Author)

The sexism consciousness raising exercises provided in this article can help both men and women understand how cultural attitudes toward the sexes are embedded in our individual psychological makeup. (Author)

The authors call on the profession to offer support and leadership on a national level to those counselors who wish to act as change agents. (Author)

According to the author cutting across age and economic lines, as well as work settings, is the need for counselors to use counseling, guidance, and social activism to enable women to expand their horizons and implement their dreams. (Author)

This article describes the roles of the community mental health worker in institutional change. Four examples of programs aimed at helping students effect change at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are discussed. (Author)

Complexities of a client's existing environment make its analysis an awesome task. One effective way to assist clients is through the Systems Analysis and Organizational Change model. Describes the principal environmental factors to be considered and alternative actions that might be taken. (Author)

This paper presents a strategy for changing the counselor's environment, or, more specifically, the institutional environment. This strategy involves six steps: (1) value orientation; (2) value commitment; (3) system analysis; (4) extra-systemic supportive base; (5) strategy development; and (6) strategy implementation. An example is offered. (RP)

This article discusses a process in which people in a community setting offer counsel to one another. (Author)

As an agent of change, the counselor should emerge from the closet of his office and be involved in group counseling in contexts where student and faculty feelings are starting to ferment. This would require helping teachers to improve the psychological settings in their classrooms, conducting rap sessions" with faculty and students, and setting…

Advocates an approach to career counseling that helps clients understand career choice as a developmental process, learn decision-making skills, and become active change agents in their own lives. Discusses the potential impact of this self-directed, decision-making model on career counseling. (Author)

The author responds to an article by Dugald Arbuckle by stating that counseling must be only one of the counselor's skills. The counselor must also be teacher, curriculum developer and consultant. A response by Arbuckle to the author's point of view is included. (HMV)

Major criticisms directed at counseling are identified and prominent suggestions for their elimination are described through an analysis of the counseling literature of the past 10 years. (Author)

Counselors should be in the forefront as change agents and as practitioners reaching out to middle-aged and older persons as a new challenge. (Author)