Role theory states that when expected behaviors are confusing, conflicting, and inconsistent, the individual will experience stress, feel dissatisfied, and perform less effectively. School counselors experience high levels of workplace stress as a result of role incongruity, role conflict, role ambiguity which often results in occupational burnout…

Briefly discusses counseling as a profession, how and where counseling takes place, and entrance requirements into the field. (CJ)

Many counselors need and want to reach more students through effective consultation with teachers. The use of systematic procedures should aid the counselor in developing the consulting relationship. Systematic consulting procedures, along with the all-important attitude of the consultant, are illustrated through two cases. (Author)

The authors point out that team roles are designed to be complementary, but much of the frustration that develops among team members is due to lack of role definition and too much overlapping of responsibility. (Author)

University functions are accumulation, transmission, and advancement of knowledge with student personnel services (SPS) treating the second with varying degrees of impact on the other two. Primarily person or process oriented SPS fulfills effector functions: (1) internal coordinating; (2) orienting: (3) supporting; and (4) education. (Author/KH)

The study tends to verify and substantiate much of what was accepted as general knowledge concerning the role of the state director of guidance services. (Author)

Attempts to assess some of the forces determining counselor role showing why those occupying counterpositions to the counselor may wish to prescribe his role and how this is accomplished through control of positive and negative sanctions. Organizational problems arise for counselors through occupancy of a boundary position. Finally, a proposal is…

This article calls for a more relevant approach to counseling. The counselor must work for social change as a preventive measure to psychological illness. (KH)

This tongue-in-cheek paper represents that ideal and fictitious being, "Joe Personnel", as envisioned by critics of regularly-organized student personnel services. They contend that, since people have, for centuries, handled their own problems, they should be capable of doing so today, and that any assistance needed can be provided by a single…

The approach presented here represents a purposeful eclecticism designed to systematically guide the counselor or effectively meet unique individual needs in changing situations. The counselor's work with a particular child or group is considered done only when he has done all that he can do to achieve successful outcome with whatever techniques…

Dissipation of identity, institutional restraints, lead to incompetence in practice, and belief by others that counseling is ineffective. Suggestions are offered for alleviation of problem. (Author)

It was found that the question of part-time or full-time counseling is inseparable from the matters of role, preparation, selection, status, and accountability of counselors. Support was given to the proposition that only the full-time counselor can satisfactorily carry out the selected role. (Author)

Discusses a three by two factorial design employed to compare effectiveness of rehabilitation counselors and untrained counselor aides under three case management conditions. (Author)

Family theory is related to work with marital dysfunction, with three areas highlighted: (1) therapist's view of his place in family; (2) child's place in marital strategy; and (3) place of blame in marriage struggle. A model to differentiate "good guys" and "bad guys" is presented. Presented at New York State Psychological Association, Spring…

These 23 brief articles respond to the Editor's previous request for brief glimpses of the future, regarding the training, practice, and role of the counselor. (CJ)