The study examined the counsellor's competence in counselling clients with sexual problems. The notion of competence was operationally defined in terms of empathy, anxiety, and sex knowledge. The results demonstrate the need to have specific training in sex counselling incorporated into the counsellor trainee's curriculum. (Author)

The differences between clients who dropped out of counseling after the intake interview and clients who continued in counseling were examined. Subjects (N=87) were studied in terms of their attitudes and perceptions of counseling and the counseling center. The results indicate that continuers generally had more positive responses than dropouts.…

Results showed a significant interactive effect of lighting and distance on the communication of empathy. Requests for reprints should be sent to F. Dumont, McGill University, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, P.Q., H3A 1Y2. (Author)

The effects of modeling and rehearsal in counseling nonassertive adolescents were examined by randomly assigning subjects (Ss) to one of five treatment groups: modeling plus rehearsal (MR), modeling only (M), rehearsal only (R), placebo control (P), or delayed-treatment control (C). Significant (p < .05) main effects for treatment were found on…

This study hypothesizes that information about a counselor has either positive or negative effects on specific facets of the counselor-client relationship. Results support the hypothesis. (Author)

Examines the effect of different amounts of client-therapist interaction data on empathy ratings. Audiotaped therapist-client interactions including client statement, therapist response, and subsequent client response were rated for therapist empathy by high-functioning, experienced raters. Raters made different judgments about levels of therapist…

Twenty-four clients seeking help from a counseling center for emotional or personal-social problems were randomly assigned to one of two treatment conditions: time-limited or undetermined-time counseling. Findings indicated significant improvement in terms of self-acceptance and increased independence for clients in the time-limited group over a…

Three counselors identified as functioning at a low level on basic facilitative skills were paired with both a high- and a low-level functioning client for three sessions. Results indicate negative change in interpersonal functioning levels for high-level clients and no significant change for low-level clients. (Author)

Focuses on the immediate effects of group training and participation for inservice counselors and on the effects after one year. Subjects were 15 inservice counselors. The POI was used to assess personal growth. Results indicate that participating counselors maintained their positive POI gains one year later. (Author/HMV)

The present article reviews and distinguishes three related but different types of significance: "statistical,""practical," and "clinical." A framework for conceptualizing the many 'Practical" effect size indices is described. Several effect size indices that counseling researchers can use are summarized. (Contains 58 references.) (GCP)

This exploratory study compared the response patterns of two groups of counselors experienced in crisis intervention. One group (N=5) was trained according to the Rusk model and the other (N=5) in the brief, focal therapy approach. With the exception of explicit empathy, no between-group differences in frequency of intervention were found. (Author)

Ten weeks of assertion training was provided to eight mental hospital paraprofessionals. These trained subjects served as either counselor or counselee in a microcounseling session with eight paraprofessionals who were untrained in assertion training. Assertion-trained counselors were superior to untrained counselors on a set of…

The effect of race and counselor climate on the preferences of delinquent girls for a counselor is investigated. The findings indicate that the strongest preference for a counselor among delinquent girls was when counseling was related to educational-vocational matters. White subjects preferred the black counselor in terms of the personal-social…

General review of research on racial relations and counseling process. It was found that black clients preferred black counselors and that race of counselor had effect on outcome while experience did not. Studies have concluded that traditional counseling processes are ineffective with black clients and recommend more action oriented approaches.…