This article presents the findings of in-depth interviews with school counsellors in Nova Scotia on issues related to confidentiality and informed consent. Of the 224 school counsellors in the province, 43 counsellors, representing all school boards, agreed to a 45-minute semi-structured telephone interview focusing on their current practices…

School counsellors are professionals with specialized training in personal counselling who work in school settings. They are usually the front-line school personnel required to deal with youth suicide. Despite the important roles of school counsellors, there is little research that explores the experiences of school counsellors who have lost…

The current exploratory-descriptive study used a survey design method to examine guidance counsellors' and educational psychologists' perceptions of their preparation, motivation, and effectiveness in preventing, assessing, and intervening into student high-risk behaviour. The study also explored training associated with addressing high-risk…

Possible selves are cognitive manifestations of goals, aspirations, values, and fears. The "Possible Selves Mapping Interview" was developed and used with young adolescents (N=42). All participants generated at least two possible selves. Occupational hoped-for and safety-feared selves were the most prevalent themes. Implications for counseling are…

Provides an example of a functioning case management system in a K-9 school used by a practicing counselor for managing individually referred cases. Contends that this approach affords counselor a time-effective means to work with wide variety of individual referrals while simultaneously gathering a data base which can be used to address…

Given growing interest in narrative counselling, narrative theories of the self have received much attention. In this study, adolescents describe self through the construction of self-metaphors. The project explores the relationship between narrative developmental assumptions and the adolescents' own self descriptions. Three themes are revealed:…

Presents a model of comprehensive guidance and counseling integrated within a business context. Concludes that using program evaluation to position counseling as a business with effective service products may enhance the long-term viability of comprehensive guidance and counseling programs. (Contains 48 references.) (GCP)

Used confirmatory factor analysis to investigate validity of Holland's model for 155 Canadian high school students. Analysis revealed that Holland's model was quite appropriate in explaining relationships among six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional across the areas of Activities,…

Reviews the literature on adolescent depression as is relevant to school counseling. Presents a model of adolescent mental health that underscores the multidimensional nature of the development of depression and suggests a variety of strategies to address adolescent depression. Uses case examples to illustrate the use of conceptual issues. (RJM)

Investigated effects of a computer-based career guidance program "Career Search" on the vocational maturity of grade 9 students, 29 of whom comprised the experimental group and 27 of whom comprised the control group. Results suggest school counselors can be cautiously optimistic about the Career Search program. (Author/ABL)

Examines five counseling cases from the integrated perspectives of a brief counseling approach and a theory of human needs. Cases draw on the work of three counselors and their attempts to help high school students. Proposes that such integration provides increased options for helping clients solve specific problems. (RJM)

Gathered data on Canadian university counselors' (n=80) preferred theoretical orientation and their ranking of three most influential counselors/psychotherapists. Results indicated sample was predominantly eclectic in theoretical orientation, with person-centered and cognitive-behavioral orientations in second and third places. Rogers, Beck, and…

Presents an overview of invitational counseling, an approach to counseling based on self-concept theory, perceptual psychology, and invitational theory. The approach is encouraged as an expanded framework for designing comprehensive school counseling programs of services for students, parents, and teachers. (Author/RJM)

Investigated adolescents' self-perceived need for health-related services, instruction, and environmental changes. Results indicate significant differences between students classed as high and lower risks for suicide and between minority and majority adolescents. Counseling services, services related to sexuality, and interpersonal relationships…

Used a concept-mapping process to understand parents' (N=25) expectations of an elementary school counselor's role. Parents requested that the counselor become highly involved in providing services that involve support, referral, education, and information. Parents expected that the school counselor would collaborate extensively with them. Other…