School counseling as a specialty area within the profession of counseling is, in the eyes of many, experiencing a crisis of identity. The crisis, however, truly lies with school counselors struggling to fit the mold impressed upon them by external forces which often contradicts their educational preparation as counselors. We make two main points.…

As the profession of school counseling has developed during the recent years, it has become widely accepted that a primary function of the school counselor is the facilitation and enrichment of the personal development of the students with whom he works. Facilitative conditions are discussed relative to the research in this area. Models of…

This brief personal planning program takes the form of a self-survey where the student answers questions to which there are no right or wrong answers. The first part is called Where am I Now?; the second is Where do I Want to Be?; the third is How do I Get to Where I Want to Be? The first part requires fairly objective responses, while the other…

The centric model of career counseling was developed for use in employment counseling and takes into account psychological, social, and economic factors. Four developmental phases are used to describe movement within the centric model. The initial phase, readiness, establishes the working alliance between the counselor and the client. Clients must…

Has the effectiveness of evaluation in interventive work been overlooked? The Practice Outcome Inventory is a treatment technique that involves the client directly in the evaluation process--with benefit to both client and practitioner. (Author)

The process of career selection should begin with self-knowledge. With this in mind, we have adapted a unique and creative career decision-making approach beginning with self-exploration and ending with the establishment of alternative plans of action. The model is discussed. (Author)

Group gestalt therapy in which the leader facilitates the development of helping capacity in group members is described. The general characteristics of this approach are discussed and ground rules concerning leader and member behaviors are suggested. (RC)

Familial psychosocial development is a series of choice points, or crises, and progressive separations from the family itself. The role of the family therapist is to help the family members evolve concurrently to stages of higher maturity and autonomy. A family therapy model based on developmental stage theory is proposed. (Author)

This paper addresses the need for the modification of educational objectives and instructional methodology with a view toward responding to an uncertain future. Career guidance must find ways to assist individuals in the process of self-development and self-actualization. An effective career guidance program calls upon the school counselor to…

This document sets forth a philosophical basis for student personnel programs in Illinois community colleges, and describes the activities and functions of student development specialists working within a student personnel services model derived from the philosophical premises. The resultant "student development" model reflects a…

This paper describes a high school curriculum and an alternative role for the school counselor. The counselor becomes responsible for developing curricula and programs that aim to positively affect personal development of students. Prepared for the APA Division 17 Symposium on Developmental Counseling Psychology, Chicago, 1975. (Author)

This article describes the ideal roles for the student development specialist as developed by the Commission on Professional Development of the Council of Student Personnel Associations in Higher Education. (Author)

While most people would readily agree that all family members and especially children are likely to experience adverse effects to their personal development as a result of being homeless, it is both surprising and distressing to note how little attention this topic has received in the professional literature to date. Counselors are well-advised to…

The Summer Institute in Counseling Girls and Women, a training model offered by the Graduate School of Education's Psychology in Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania, is described. The Summer Institute integrates the three curricular areas of the psychology of women, counseling of women, and organizational and program development to…

The ideology of a feminine role is instrumental in maintaining the present economic structure that limits women's participation in the labor market. Women face special problems in their career development due to the socialization that prepares them mainly for homemaking, and a job market that continues to discriminate against them. A review of the…