Type and comprehensiveness of training were experimentally manipulated (N=128) to study their effects on the reliability and validity of rated counselor empathy. Implications for observer training are discussed. (Author)

Surveyed 310 therapists to assess their perceptions of healthy family functioning and the goals of family therapy. Results indicated that therapists are fairly consistent in what they say a healthy family is and what they pursue in therapy. Age and professional identity were most influential in predicting values. (LLL)

Examined the influence of cognitive complexity and client observation on the quality of clinical hypotheses counselors develop and the number of questions generated to test them. Results showed no effect of these variables on hypothesis quality; but a significant interaction between client observations on the number of questions developed. (LLL)

This study assessed individual psychotherapy outcome after systematically matching patients and therapists on a set of 11 psychological variables selected by factor-analytic techniques. Using therapists' ratings of therapy outcome as the criterion, five regression equations evolved that validly and reliably predict outcome for certain patient or…

This article reports major conclusions and implications of a national field study of trained and experienced psychotherapists. The study suggests psychotherapy effectiveness is generally minimal. These conclusions are primarily different from and not as positive as a similar but separate study of rehabilitation counselors and their clients.…

Although self-employment is a growing career option in Canada, many career practitioners find it personally difficult to make the leap from being an employee to starting a business. E-mail surveys completed by 13 self-employed career practitioners and counselors revealed six key factors that contributed to their business success: vision and…

This article discusses the results of a two-year paraprofessional training program in basic counseling skills, sponsored by the Department of Counseling and Guidance at Indiana University and the Indiana State Employment Securities Division. The Rokeach Dogmatism Scale and the Porter Test of Counselor Attitudes were used as criterion measures in…

Effects of interpretation and restatement on client expression of self-reference affect in a low-structured interview were examined. Subjects were 40 female volunteers. Interpretation treatment achieved significant positive conditioning of self-reference affect. Restatement treatment achieved significant negative conditioning of the critical…

The Ethical Judgment Scale was used to identify and categorize the ethical-professional posture of community college counselors when dealing with specific problem cases. The dimensions of ethical and legal problems confronting counselors were also investigated. (Author)

This study attempted to determine the characteristic nonverbal behavior exhibited by school counselors while functioning in specific counseling subroles. Subjects were 30 experienced secondary school counselors. Data was collected from videotape recordings of initial interviews. Counseling subroles were found to be a meaningful unit of interview…

Brief comments in response to an article in an earlier issue of this journal on the matter of male counselor bias which influences the decision making of females toward traditional educational and career choices. (CJ)

The author surveys the writings of the last eight years of "Social Work" in order to study the profession's attitude toward the sex factor (sex of case worker and of client groups), and to determine whether and how this factor has been interpreted in professional thinking. (Author/EAK)

Results of this study indicated that the degree of perceived counselor's empathy, warmth, genuineness, intimacy, concreteness, expertness, regard, and congruence was linearly related to the level of counselor's self-confidence. (Author)

This final of two papers regarding the values of the older counselor in dealing with the elderly stresses the distinctive contributions that he may make if he himself is resident in an institution of the old. (Author)

Despite limitations in the results of the present study, these results were tentatively interpreted to indicate that the Tests of Social Intelligence have potential worth for further investigation in the identification of counselor trainees. (Author)