Background: Active support (AS) was developed to help staff organise and deliver practical support for meaningful client engagement in everyday activities. Both the amount and momentary effectiveness of staff support for client engagement have been found to increase following AS training. Training typically consists of a combination of workshops…

Effect sizes are critical to result interpretation and synthesis across studies. Although statistical significance testing has historically dominated the determination of result importance, modern views emphasize the role of effect sizes and confidence intervals. This article accessibly discusses how to calculate and interpret the effect sizes…

In their reaction to the Major Contribution, the authors outline four specific research areas where counseling psychologists could make particularly important contributions: (a) the study of multicultural aspects of optimal human functioning, (b) self-efficacy and well-being, (c) positive interpersonal relationship processes, and (c) meaning in…

In this issue of "The Counseling Psychologist," Smith presents an array of important strength-related literature and offers propositions, stages, and counseling recommendations to foster resilience among youth. This article argues, however, that the strength-based counseling model is not sufficiently operational or clearly distinguishable from…

Explores the utility of the Internet in the field of mental health/behavioral health counseling. The purposes of this article are to explore the Internet and its exponential growth, examine the psychosocial aspects of cyberspace and its implications for counseling, and discuss the possibilities of the variety of uses of the Internet. (Contains 61…

Essay reflects upon the accomplishments of "The Counseling Psychologist" (TCP) and their relationship to the field of counseling psychology. Argues that the journal's success is due to the fact that TCP represents an applied scientific specialty that generates knowledge, promotes human welfare and is distinguished by its inclusiveness.…

Essay focuses on the significance of the past 30 years of "The Counseling Psychologist" (TCP) and the work of its editors. Acknowledges the role that TCP has played and continues to play in defining what counseling psychology is as a specialty. (GCP)

Introduces the four oral histories of counseling psychologists included in this issue of The Counseling Psychologist. The oral histories represent individuals who have made unique and significant contributions to the field of counseling psychology. A responding reaction follows these four articles. (MKA)

Responds to articles on four counseling psychologists: Jim Hurst, Ursula Delworth, Don Zytowski, and Bruce Fretz. States that all four have been unrelenting in encouraging the profession to be proactive; are committed to science for the purpose of application; and have produced cutting-edge work. (MKA)

This article provides an overview of the research approach called concept mapping at conceptual, methodological, and practical levels. The relevance of the approach to counseling psychology research is discussed, and the approach is located conceptually in the realm of qualitative methods available to counseling psychology researchers. To…

Scholars have highlighted the importance of recruitment, retention, and promotion of racial-ethnic minority faculty for the field of counseling psychology. This study examines the specialty's progress by chronicling the racial-ethnic composition of faculty in counseling psychology programs across time. The findings summarized begin to reveal the…

Romano and Kachgal proposed a model for collaboration between counseling psychology and school counseling, which they argued would advance each specialty and benefit children and adolescents. In this response, the author examines current trends in both specialties that may impede a closer partnership while also considering the advantages of the…

Is it truly important to "internationalize" counseling psychology? If so, how can we best do this? This reaction to Leong and Ponterotto (2003) documents four general points about international psychology today--its origins, growth, ethnocentrism, and diversity--and relates these to their bold and comprehensive proposal to…

The American School Counseling Association (ASCA) National Model (2003) indicates a paradigm shift in school counseling programs from service-centered for some of the students to program-centered for every student. The main question is how students are different as a result of participating in school counseling programs. As a result professional…

The present study investigated the role of low academic competence in the emergence of depressive cognitions and symptoms. Structural equation modeling was conducted on a longitudinal sample of African American boys (n = 253) and girls (n = 221). Results supported the hypothesized path models from academic competence in 1st grade to depressive…