This paper presents a concept of what a counselor is: a listener; a sensitive, tuned, instrument, a human being, risking oneself again and again in human encounters in which positive gain for the counselee must still reflect the personal dispositions of his own being. (KJ)

Judges' and clients' ratings of both behavioral and global dimensions of counselor relationship were compared. Results indicated that judges and clients do not perceive the relationship of the counselor similarly. (Author)

As a characteristic which is most important for counselor effectiveness, the concept of empathy has long held a central position. The author uses this rationale as the main reason for his commentary on the value of empathy in counseling effectiveness. The author suggests that if counselors are convinced of the importance of empathy, 2 types of…

Examined the topic initiation/topic following sequence data from the beginning, middle, and late stages of 16 counseling dyads from eight counselors. Used loglinear analysis to examine variation because of the previous behavior of the other participant (interchain dependency), their own previous behavior (interchain dependency), outcome…