An informed survey of graduate students revealed that they have several suggestions for change in their chosen field--particularly in the area of counselor preparation. (HMV)

The author, from his perspective as president of the American Association of State Psychology Licensing Boards, identifies the issues he believes most pertinent for contemporary psychologists to attend to if they wish to be credentialed as psychologists. (Author)

Elderly blacks have many needs and counselors must be trained to deal with their specific problems. (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 illustrates the competitive nature of application, admission, and achievement procedures within most programs of counselor training, and shows how this affects socialized male needs to compete. In order to counteract this, it suggests that counselor educators provide opportunities for positive experiences, which confront and deal with…

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 author defines a counseling psychologist as a psychologist with doctoral level preparation in counseling. He then describes what such preparation should include and discusses factors affecting identity. Developments bearing on the identity of the counseling psychologist are given. The author reflects on the growing edges of counseling…

William Butler, from his many years of experience as a higher education administrator, discusses his view of the need for counseling psychologists to move more into the role of supervising paraprofessionals and training others; i.e., preventive work and psychological education, taking more institutional as compared to individual perspectives.…

Skills dissemination refers to therapeutic interventions which train individuals in human development process skill for their own benefit and that of those around them. The author discusses prerequisites to dissemination, skills or content satisfying these prerequisites, methods for dissemination, and necessary education and training for…

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)

The author deals with the questions of who are counseling psychologists and in what ways does this identity facilitate work as practitioners. She sees counseling psychologists as focusing on issues of development, decisionmaking, and choice in relatively adequately functioning individuals across the life span. Implications for training are…

In looking at how the professional identity of the counseling psychologist affects training, the author first defines the roles and functions for the counseling psychologist. She then discusses the implications for training, strengths and weaknesses of the professional identity, and suggestions for future directions. (Author/JEL)

Avocational (leisure) counseling assists individuals with leisure attitudinal and/or behavioral problems with choosing and effectively participating in an avocation. Avocational counseling has the task of developing theory, techniques, and tools for doing the job. The author discusses counseling psychologists and avocational counseling, an…

The authors respond to professional identity issues raised in this special issue of The Counseling Psychologist. They discuss ambiguity of definition, counseling psychologist roles, training programs, public relations, and allegiance to professional groups. (Author/JEL)

Compares behavioral medicine and health psychology to establish counseling psychology's relationship with these approaches. Surveys three areas of training and application that the current research suggests will offer opportunities for meaningful participation by counseling psychologists. (JAC)