Presents a brief historical context for today's changing popular and professional attitudes. Some current counseling procedures used with adolescent homosexuals are discussed. The legal aspects of counseling gay adolescents conclude the article, followed by an annotated bibliography of suggested reading. (Author)

Paradoxical double binds are discussed relative to their efficacy in helping systematic human-relations trainees integrate the skills more quickly and with less pain and frustration. An explanation and examples of paradoxical double binds used in human-relations training are presented. (Author)

Examines the many benefits that may result when biofeedback experiences are included in a counselor-education program. Protocol is enumerated for the implementation of biofeedback in counselor education. Objectives and procedures for each of the three stages are presented for the reader's evaluation. (Author)

This article reviews some of the bases of client reluctance, certain motivational principles appropriate to counselor practice, myths associated with counselor preparation, and some suggestions of existing techniques that may be helpful with reluctant clients. (Author)

The basic aspects of an existential-humanistic program of counselor education are described. The pragmatic means by which the goals of the program will be achieved are also discussed. (Author)

Counselor education programs will be under increasing pressure in the next decade. Licensing laws, the requirements of third party vendors and a changing job market will cause restructuring or elimination of current programs. Flight, fight, accommodation, and professionalization are considered as ways of coping with this threat. (Author)

The beginning of a holistic theory that can treat paranormal phenomena as normal human development is presented. Implications for counseling, counselor education, and counselor supervision are discussed. (Author)

Therapeutic models are relevant in situations in which counselors are dealing with a voluntary client and the client is seeking to be freed from negative socialization patterns, but such models are not relevant in many additional school counseling activities. These duties require the development of additional kinds of skills. (Author)

Examining the validity of a theory scientifically requires careful attention to how one interprets data. Unfortunately the process is not clear-cut; the theoretical meaning of empirical data is not obvious. The experimental study by Avery et al. (1976) of empathic understanding (EU) is analyzed along with Horwitz's (1977) rejoinder. (Author)

This article examines the relationship of competency-based counselor education and the revised Standards for the Preparation of Counselors and Other Personnel Specialists of the American Personnel and Guidance Association. (Author)

Four different designs for the organization and management of the field component for master's degree level counselor education students are presented. (Author)

The impact of the SHRT model on the contemporary helping scene is underscored and verified. The rudiments of the model and its historical antecedents are described and various technical and philosophical issues are identified. (Author)

Albert Ellis refutes a review of the functional characteristics of Rational-Emotive Therapy given by Dugald S. Arbuckle. Ellis concludes that Arbuckle only minimally understands RET theory or the behaviors consequent to it. (PC)

This article proposes that an a priori approach for developing counselor competencies can be improved by using sixteen steps based on principles from business and industrial management. The result is a proper foundation for the establishment of valid school counselor competencies on which the competency-based preparation program can be built.…

Within the human resource development model, physical fitness is viewed as a key factor of counselor functioning. A review of the literature reveals that fitness is related to several physical, intellectual, and emotional factors that have a bearing on counselor and client functioning. Implications for training counselors on fitness are explored.…