This study explores the impact of counselor alcoholism recovery status on perceptions of recovering alcoholics who are active members of Alcoholics Anonymous. The participants (n = 116) were given a description of an analogue counselor and rated this counselor using the "Counselor Rating Form-Short." There were three forms of the analogue…

Outlines career opportunities and delineates appropriate personal characteristics for prospective head injury rehabilitation counselors. Provides preservice training requirements in terms of program of study emphases, and recommended electives and readings. (Author)

Surveyed 342 current members of American Rehabilitation Counseling Association. Findings suggest that members view the association's affiliation with American Association for Counseling and Development, "Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin," and involvement with Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification as organizational…

Identified important counselor characteristics for effective vocational rehabilitation (VR) counseling and investigated importance of characteristics among VR counselors (N=156) and supervisors (N=31) through item generation surveys and rating inventories. Found no group differences in ratings. Findings suggest implications for training and…

Preference for an able-bodied v disabled counselor was rated across three problem areas by disabled and nondisabled volunteers. Data demonstrated that nondisabled persons preferred nondisabled counselors, and disabled persons preferred disabled counselors. (Author)

Conclusions indicated that counselors should develop a greater awareness of the influence of their perceptions on counselor-client interactions, vocational planning, and the delivery of service. (Author/EK)

Forty former rehabilitation counseling clients returned a mail questionnaire that requested them to write descriptions of "ideal" and minimally qualified rehabilitation counselors. Relational values and qualities represented the most frequent categories for the ideal counselor descriptors; demographic characteristics were mentioned least. Broader…

This study assessed the relationship between White racial attitudes and self-reported multicultural counseling competencies. Counselor characteristics were also examined in relation to multicultural competence. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that racial attitudes explained variance in selfreported multicultural competencies beyond…

This study examined supervisor commitment to supervisee as a variable related to the supervisor's provision of the facilitative dimensions of empathy, warmth, and genuineness. Results support the hypothesis that a positive relationship exists between a supervisor's commitment to his or her supervisee and the supervisor's ability to offer the…

Presents national survey of state agency vocational rehabilitation counselors (N=790) to assess the effect of federally funded statewide supported employment implementation grants by evaluating counselors' knowledge and use of supported employment. Found use of federal discretionary awards have been effective in enhancing counselors' access to…

A stratified sample of 61 state-agency rehabilitation counselors were interviewed using a structured, videotaped interview procedure. Trained judges (N=3) independently rated the 61 counselors on 12 rehabilitation counselor characteristics. Data revealed three significant correlations between the rehabilitation counselor characteristics and the…

Examines the expressed counselor preferences of individuals entering a community-based counselor-training clinic. Clients were asked whether they had a preference regarding counselor age, disability status, education, gender, and race. Of these characteristics, only for gender did even a moderate number of clients (30%) express a preference.…

This article reports major conclusions and implications of a national field study of trained and experienced psychotherapists. The study suggests psychotherapy effectiveness is generally minimal. These conclusions are primarily different from and not as positive as a similar but separate study of rehabilitation counselors and their clients.…

Investigated personality characteristics of practicing rehabilitation counselors (n=56) and graduate counseling students (n=121). Identified personality styles as Modest, Patient, Sympathetic, Affiliating, Regulating, and Amicable. Found rehabilitation counselors significantly stronger in being team players, and handling job roles/functions…

Reports the development of an empirically derived measure for evaluating the influence of personal constructs and decision rules in solving rehabilitation problems. The instrument was administered to 20 novice rehabilitation counselors and was found to have acceptable levels of content validity. (Author/JAC)