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ERIC Number: ED133642
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 14
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Counselor Training: Changing Counselor Behaviors Through Self-Management.
Hector, Mark A.
Self-management procedures can be usefully employed in counselor training. A technique for using these procedures in counselor training is described. Student counselors select some aspect of their counseling behavior for modification. The behavior is analyzed, a goal is defined, a strategy is outlined and implemented, and an evaluation is made to determine if the goal has been attained. Strategies for the self-management of counseling behaviors are divided into the categories of self scrutinizing, changing cues, regulating rewards, observing others, and tailoring thoughts. Several benefits are derived when student counselors learn self-management procedures. They go through an intensive review of the counseling process when dealing with their own problems. An opportunity is provided to personally experience some counseling strategy. An interesting aspect of the project is that it encourages the counseling student to learn about N=1 research designs. Two projects that have been completed are described. In one case, the counselor wanted to ask more open questions and fewer closed questions. The second example deals with making more empathic responses. Graphs are presented which illustrate the results of the projects. (Author)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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