Originating in 1966-68, Microcounseling was the first video-based listening program and its purposes and methods overlap with the communications field. This article presents history, research, and present applications in multiple fields nationally and internationally. Recent neuroscience and neurobiology research is presented with the important…

Two groups of second year medical students were given interview training, one by a conventional method (practice interviews with instructor feedback) and one in microcounseling (specific practice in attending behavior, open-ended questions, paraphraseing, etc.) Pre-training and post-training interviews with real patients were videotaped for each…

The author contends that the counselor should move into the school and the community to teach others the various skills of counseling and interpersonal communication. He believes that conducting systematic training programs in such skills as microcounseling should become an important role for counselors. (Author)

Microcounseling and media therapy are video methods of teaching single behavioral skills of counseling and communication to a wide variety of populations ranging from children to school counselors to psychiatric patients. The history and method of these techniques are detailed and recent research on the effectiveness is summarized. (Author)

"Micro-counseling" is a video method of training counselors in basic skills of counseling within a short period of time. This research studies the effects of micro-counseling training procedures upon three groups of beginning counselors. These three different skills, attending behavior, reflection of feeling, and summarization of…

Evaluation of microcounseling training as an in-service training model with residence hall staff. Three measures used: Orientation Inventory, before and after videotapes made of staff members in the counseling role, and Microcounseling Skill Discrimination Index. Statistical significance found with pre- and posttaped interviews and with the MSDI.…

This article introduces a new integrated model of counselling supervision entitled the Microcounselling Supervision Model (MSM). This type of supervision is designed for supervisors and supervisees who favor eclecticism and work from multiple theoretical orientations. MSM successfully combines skills from various theories and supervision models by…

A summary of the growth and development of microcounseling with special reference to teacher training. (Author)

This is a dialogue concerning curriculum change to heighten individual development, to teach people to be people and its implications for the counseling field. (KH)

The use of microcounseling as a business education technique designed to develop effective interpersonal communication skills is described. It is compared to microteaching and two formats are outlined, the individual session (one student with one trainer) and the group session. (TA)

This article suggests that a major role for the practicing clinician is the teaching of his helping skills to those whom he would serve. Specifically, the paper describes microcounseling, a videobased system of teaching counseling or psychotherapeutic skills to counselors, clinical psychologists, and medical students. In addition, the method has…

Responds to review by Baker, Daniels, and Greeley of three major programs for systematic training of graduate-level counselors. Comments on needs for integration of the models, more emphasis on training as treatment, the importance of multicultural considerations, and ideas for action in the future. (TE)