Describes the Segmented Counseling Interview (SCI), in which counseling is interrupted at intervals to allow counselor and client, each out of hearing range of the other, to communicate to observers their reactions to the preceding counseling interval and their anticipation of the ensuing interval. (Author)

The author maintains that the counseling profession needs to reexamine its present approach to training counselors. Current training programs are not preparing counselors to work effectively with clients from all sectors of the population. (Author/HMV)

Physicians (N=9) serving internships in family medicine participated in a counselor education program, which consisted of ten weekly meetings. The purpose of the sessions was to provide some orientation to personality dynamics and counseling theory and application. Outcomes and implications are reported. (Author)

The "set-up" exercise is a structured experience enabling counselors and other helping professionals to examine in detail one aspect of the counseling process, "response-ability." Counselors must clearly define their role in a helping interaction and identify how they and the client may sabotage growth to achieve desired results. (Author)

This article discusses the use of a "group helper" to minimize anxiety about audio-taping and role-playing experiences for counselor trainees. Results of this training technique are presented. (Author/HLM)

This article discusses the development of audiotaped client statements for use in the selection and training of counselors. If an audiotape of client statements is to be used as a measure of counselor effectiveness, it must receive the same scrutiny that other instruments receive regarding validity, reliability, and item analysis. (Author)

An analysis of the counseling process and the various clients a counselor might serve has yielded a structural model for identifying the knowledge and skills required of the counselor. The model specifies skill domain, targets of skill, and attained skill level. (Author)