Comprehensive--yet cost-effective--provision of psychological care is a timely concern for most college counseling centers. The current review summarizes the components of a program designed to meet such seemingly discordant demands. The Counselor-in-Residence program places live-in, doctoral students in clinical psychology/counselor education, in…

The authors provide a sociohistorical overview of the development of the counseling profession in Japan. They describe Japan's major social, cultural, and political changes; growing psychological problems in Japanese society; and an increased need for counseling services. Historical overviews and the current state of counseling are presented with…

Reactions to the models of Zifferblatt, Blocher and Wolleat, and Carkhuff and the description of a related model applied to training group counselors. (JC)

A systems approach to counselor education is a good step forward if we are willing to face the content question and redefine the objectives of counselor education itself, a redefinition which includes new roles and new functions. Without such a major change, the systems approach may become a mehtod that supports the illusion of change. (Author)

Discusses the efficacy of an intensive model of HIV/AIDS counselor training. Reports that positive changes in knowledge and attitudes at the posttraining stage were sustained over time. Since many students felt the courses positively affected their overall counseling skills, the authors recommend adding HIV/AIDS content material to curricula of…

As a result of program weaknesses found in a 1967 study of the counselor education program at Michigan State University, a new model entitled "systematic counseling" was developed. It has now been used with over 700 trainees and 6,000 clients in supervised practicum settings. Briefly, systematic counseling represents an organized means of…

This article describes several programs inspired by the discussions of New Directions in Counseling'' presented in recent issues of The Counseling Psychologist. The programs described here have implemented the HRD procedures and can serve as concrete examples of the efficacy of those procedures in academic settings. (Author)

This paper discusses the importance of a deeper commitment to a variety of approaches to systematic training. It then discusses the political implications of our present choices and suggests some basic action alternatives which a relevant counseling psychology must consider. At the same time making a plea that as counseling psychologists, we start…

The common core concept is presented as the vehicle for developong a more adaptive educational program for the counseling profession. The model is based on the assumption of common elements of role behavior for counselors across agency settings. (Author)

Numerous issues in on-campus clinical training are addressed in this book. Concerns such as developing, evaluating, and revising on-campus laboratories are covered. The first chapter includes a review of the available, published literature on running clinics. The text is then divided into six parts. Part One outlines the Council for Accreditation…

Presents three empirical studies as the major foundation to form the self awareness training program in counselor education. These empirical studies were done sequentially to: (1) define what self-awareness is; (2) explore how the self-awareness training strategy can be conducted along with existing courses; and (3) evaluate the effects of the…

Examines literature and research since the creation of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education and Program (CACREP) in 1981. Suggests future research that may help additional counselor programs consider the accreditation process, including study of the relevancy of CACREP standards and the accreditation process, and how…

School counselor education programs are challenged to reassess whether they are providing their students with optimal internship learning experiences. This paper examines the evolution and design of one school counseling fieldwork program. It discusses the implications for school counselors who serve as site supervisors for counselors-in-training.…

This paper compares two school counselor education programs in two different institutions from two different countries: Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA. Each program represents a different stage of counselor education professional development. The UNC-Charlotte program is…