This article suggests that the counselor, the client, and the counseling strategies employed must be systematically examined in order to maximize the effectiveness of counseling. The authors introduce the Interpersonal Maturity Level Typology as a vehicle through which this can be accomplished. (Author)

More traditional kinds of research per se are not needed: what is needed is more evaluation. Clarifies some of the terminology, illustrates some of the characteristic differences between evaluation and research, provides five basic steps to good evaluation. (Author/HMV)

The authors discuss the need for holistic evaluation of counseling and the roles of thick description and connoisseurship. They suggest several process and outcome questions and discuss the interpretation of the evaluation. (Author)

Summarizes research in the area of evaluation of counselor effectiveness. Evaluation of the counseling process continues to focus on the presence of absence of the core facilitative conditions. Counselor educators have focused on means of presenting counseling experiences and of providing feedback regarding trainee performance. (Author)

This article examines the internal and external pressures that brought about the creation of the APGA Licensure Commission. It traces some important events that have occurred at least in part because of the Commission. Finally, the article discusses the active focus of the current APGA Licensure Committee. (Author)

Self-analysis, videotaping, personal growth, and demonstration-based evaluating seem to be helpful elements in the preparation of counselors. The personalized demonstration-based evaluation alternative presents one model that may help clarify the issue of meaningful evaluation procedures. (Author)

This article takes a look into the future regarding counselor recertification. The authors discuss some of the complications of the recertification process and propose some techniques for evaluating pupil personnel workers. (HMV)

This article updates one in the June, 1977, Personnel and Guidance Journal and focuses on the same four issues: support within the counseling profession for additional credentialing practices, professional identity, licensure as the main credentialing thrust, and development and implementation of an effective method of accrediting preparation…

Evaluated the effectiveness of assertiveness training in 59 counselor trainees working with depressed clients. Results showed supervisors rated the experimental group higher, but differences on other measures such as reduction of depression in clients and client ratings of counselors were not statistically significant. (JAC)

Studied questionnaires distributed to counselors in a variety of settings throughout Oregon. Results indicate licensure was an important consideration for 87 percent of the respondents, with general support for a licensure bill by 77 percent of the respondents. Training beyond a master's degree was the preferred level of educational training…

Presents a basically simple, yet effective approach for evaluating a school guidance program. (HMV)

Reports the perceptions of parents, members of the business community, school administrators, and counselors regarding the role and function of secondary school counselors. The research was presented as a part of a symposium at the Annual Conference of the American Personnel and Guidance Association, St. Louis, Missouri, 1981. (Author/JAC)