Presence is the counsellor's way of being with clients as distinguished from the application of technique and it involves a meeting between counsellor and client. Presence fits intuitively in the realm of the therapeutic relationship and master therapists from different therapeutic traditions have described how their presence with clients…

The author discusses a short-term delivery model which forms the essential mode of operation at the counseling center at Rhode Island College. He prefaces his discription of the model by indicating that not all clients, problems or counselors are amenable to this short-term approach. There are three steps or elements in the delivery model: 1)…

Appropriateness of four counseling center models (traditional, consultation, vocational guidance, psychotherapy) and 15 specific counseling center functions for universities with enrollments of 10,000-plus were evaluated by samples of counselors, student personnel administrators, resident assistants, faculty, students, and university…

Individuals at the mid-life stage are likely to experience a combination of psychological and economic causes for seeking change. A model for mid-career counseling centers is presented to enable programs to use an appropriate combination of career and personal counseling techniques to meet individual needs. (Author)