Although general counselor characteristics are related to positive client outcomes, an examination of counselor behaviors which may be more specific to the counseling situation is necessary. Discussed here are two variables specific to the counseling situation: (1) counselor immediacy, the degree to which the counselor ignores or explores client…

Client evaluations of a precollege counseling interview were obtained for black and white students counseled by three experienced black counselors and eight experienced white counselors. In general, racial similarity of client and counselor is not an important factor in these counseling interviews. (Author)

This study indicates that professional counselors of different theoretical orientations do not rate counseling sessions in a similar manner. This contradicts the findings of Fiedler (1950). (Author/PC)

Volunteer clients of both sexes were assigned randomly to one of three male counselors and to one of two treatments. In the nonstandard English condition, the counselor casually and passively introduced four profane words. Counselors who used nonstandard English were judged to be less effective and satisfying. (Author)

Asked each of 41 psychologists to "refer" each of six case vignettes (two schizophrenic, two neurotic, and two "other") to the colleague he/she believed would be most effective with that case. A therapists received more schizophrenic than neurotic referrals, whereas B therapists received more neurotic than schizophrenic referrals. (Author)

This project was a three-year study to demonstrate an effective way of providing rehabilitation services to deprived and disabled people living in the Model Cities area of Baltimore. Results of analysis of the data lent support to the perceived roles of the rehabilitation aides in terms of their effectiveness in the rehabilitation process.…

Based on a sound conceptual, integrative and systematic framework, the present study examines the competencies counselors value and their perceived performance on each of the competencies. Specifically, the objectives of this study were (1) to develop a comprehensive set of counselor competencies; (2) to identify the competencies for which there…

Comparability of written and oral measures in evaluating counselor effectiveness was examined for trained and untrained participants. Responses were rated on use of reflective skills, verbal following, and general quality. Results support comparability of written and oral assessments of counselor effectiveness, especially for trained participants.…

This study investigated some relationships between the verbal behavior of 20 experienced therapists and their therapist effectiveness. Forced oral responses to a taped therapy interaction were obtained and analyzed. Each dependent variable was correlated against a rating of a therapist's effectiveness. Findings are discussed. (Author)

This is part of the Arkansas Rehabilitation and Training Center's effort to study Counselor Performance and client outcome. It examines client demography, personality variables, counselor characteristics and agency service variables, as possible predictors of client outcome in rehabilitation. Data were collected between January 1970 and December…

Clients were asked to state and rate severity of their presenting problem at the initial interview. A follow-up questionnaire allowed a self-report measure of change (as compared to satisfaction) to be constructed, used to assess the counseling service. Presented at the meeting of the American Personnel and Guidance Association, Chicago, April…

The stability of the Counseling Services Assessment Blank (CSAB), a self-report questionnaire measuring client satisfaction with counseling, was investigated by computing test-retest correlations for 56 subjects who completed two CSAB questionnaires separated by one month to two years. (Author)

The preferences of 320 undergraduate students for one of three disabled counselors or for a nondisabled counselor on each of Brabham and Thoreson's 20 hypothetical counseling situations were obtained. Significant counselor preferences existed for 18 of the 20 situations, and when categorized by sex, significant counselor preferences existed for 4…

Counselee satisfaction was examined by counselee self-reports on the Counselor Evaluation Inventory. Counselees who saw full-time professional staff members reported a greater degree of satisfaction than those who saw either interns or practicum students. No differences in satisfaction were found in terms of counselee's presenting problems and…