Conducted two studies to investigate effects on anxiety of selected client reassignment conditions, including high and low preparation for reassignment, emotional attachment to the counselor, and number of counseling sessions before reassignment. Findings have significant implications for reassignments conducted in short-term counseling agencies,…

It has generally been accepted that brief interactions with counselors can provide significant mood or symptom improvements in potential psychotherapy clients. Of primary importance appears to be the reduction of anxiety and depression and, consequently, the activation of hope which may be triggered simply by the act of being interviewed by a…

Although the effects of counselor reassignment on counseling are of concern, research has not examined whether anticipated reassignment to another counselor or the reassignment procedure produces substantial anxiety for clients. Two exploratory investigations were conducted to examine these issues. In the first study, clients of a university-based…

Clients seeking psychological counseling, who initiate service of their own volition, do so to obtain help with a problem that they feel afflicts them. Counselors' perceptions of clients' presenting problems assist counselors in making predictions about behavior from which they construct treatment plans. Research has demonstrated that incongruity…