The purpose of this study was to promote greater understanding among counselors and other helping professionals regarding the stressors associated with lymphedema, how women cope with the stressors, and the role of social support. An intensive qualitative study was conducted; data were analyzed using a consensual qualitative research approach. The…

Outlines areas for career counseling process research: examining the working alliance; reconceptualizing career counseling as learning; investigating process/outcome differences due to client and counselor attributes; examining influential session events; using a common problem resolution metric; examining change longitudinally; examining…

Explored methods examining therapeutic process that assessed how clients interpret change process and counselors' behavior, content and valence of clients' and counselors' most memorable thoughts immediately after session, and clients' and counselors' memorable thoughts compared with counseling session content. Findings from three counselor-client…

One mission of the International Forum section in "The Counseling Psychologist" is to increase the globalization of counseling psychology (Leong and Ponterotto, 2003). The goals of this study are in line with this mission: (a) to replicate U.S. counseling research on the working alliance to Taiwan by examining clients' perceptions of their…

Proposes using an expanded diagnostic interview with potential group clients to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of an unstructured or process type of group therapy. Suggests this interview goes beyond traditional screening interviews to combine screening, detailed interpersonal diagnosis, goal setting, and client preparation. (RC)

Evaluated effects of subject-perceived need and interviewer role on a subject's opinions and behaviors. Results indicate that roles were perceived as intended and resulted in intended opinion changes. Perceived interviewer expertness did influence subjects to engage in certain self-help activities, but the scope of those behaviors was limited.…

Responds to Gelatt's conception of decision making in counseling. Concurs with need for a broader view of human reasoning that includes complex processes, both rational and intuitive. Advocates examination of how clients think, feel, and behave as they process information during counseling. (Author/TE)

Examined interpersonal influence process within counseling including relationship between perceived counselor expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness and client satisfaction; between client expectations on perceived counselor expertness, attractiveness, trustworthiness, and client satisfaction; and effects of actual counselor experience…

Examined interpersonal influence processes within an actual counseling context over an average of eight sessions. Results indicated that counselor experience level did not affect client perceptions of the counselor and perceived counselor expertise, attractiveness, and trustworthiness did change over time, but not in the same direction. (Author)

This article reviews research conducted on the interpersonal influence process in counseling, specifically those studies relating to counselor expertise, attractiveness, and trustworthiness. The review is organized and analyzed in terms of variables affecting the client's perception of critical counselor characteristics and effects of the…

Studied beginning counseling practicum students receiving supervision from advanced doctoral counseling students. Results indicated a positive relationship existed between trainees' perceptions of: supervisor characteristics, the therapeutic relationship, and satisfaction with supervision; but no significant relationship between ratings of…