Although general counselor characteristics are related to positive client outcomes, an examination of counselor behaviors which may be more specific to the counseling situation is necessary. Discussed here are two variables specific to the counseling situation: (1) counselor immediacy, the degree to which the counselor ignores or explores client…

Volunteer clients of both sexes were assigned randomly to one of three male counselors and to one of two treatments. In the nonstandard English condition, the counselor casually and passively introduced four profane words. Counselors who used nonstandard English were judged to be less effective and satisfying. (Author)

Based on a sound conceptual, integrative and systematic framework, the present study examines the competencies counselors value and their perceived performance on each of the competencies. Specifically, the objectives of this study were (1) to develop a comprehensive set of counselor competencies; (2) to identify the competencies for which there…

Use of the 26 closure may lead to serious problems in the evaluation of counselor performance. This article examines some of the shortcomings, briefly reviews several suggestions for weighting case closure, and introduces two possible weighting methods for case closure. (Author)

This is part of the Arkansas Rehabilitation and Training Center's effort to study Counselor Performance and client outcome. It examines client demography, personality variables, counselor characteristics and agency service variables, as possible predictors of client outcome in rehabilitation. Data were collected between January 1970 and December…

Counselee satisfaction was examined by counselee self-reports on the Counselor Evaluation Inventory. Counselees who saw full-time professional staff members reported a greater degree of satisfaction than those who saw either interns or practicum students. No differences in satisfaction were found in terms of counselee's presenting problems and…

This study attempts, experimentally, to explore the supervisory relationship in the counseling practicum. The relative effects of two methods of practicum supervision are examined by comparing the rated counseling performance of 24 counselor trainees. Half of these trainees had their session tapes evaluated immediately following the counseling…

The purpose of the investigation was to observe the relationship between the personality of high school counselors and their interpersonal characteristics. Forty high school counselors responded to the 16PF and 160 senior counselees rated their respective counselors by completing the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. Moderate relationships…

This is the third report on the Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center's study on counselor performance and client outcome. It focuses on the relationship between rehabilitation counselors' interview behaviors and clients outcome. Eighty-nine interviews from a sample of 22 clients and 11 counselors were analyzed for counselor subrole…

Three Internal-External (I-E) locus of control counseling techniques were used in regular counseling sessions to determine whether these techniques would result in a control expectancy shift from external to internal. Twenty-seven Ss were counseled in 4 groups for five weeks, twice each week in groups, and once each week individually by 4…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the comparibility of counselor effectiveness ratings made by four different groups. This study examined the relationships among student counselors' self-ratings, peer ratings, supervisor ratings, and client ratings on the Counselor Effectiveness Scale, Form 2, a semantic differential rating scale…

Two groups of 12 practicum trainees were exposed to either Monitor-modeling or Immediate-feedback supervision. Ten minute counseling sessions with coached clients were taped before and after the practicum. Three independent judges rated the tapes, using Carkhuff's scales for "Gross ratings of facilitative interpersonal functioning" to assess the…