Discusses future directions for group counseling research and encourages a stronger collaboration between group leaders and group researchers as a way to strengthen group research. Encourages collaboration by reviewing and critiquing past group research. Encourages group leaders to describe and study their experiences and share these with…

Explores work values and the culture clashes and fracture lines that accompany them. Grounds this analysis of values in Danish ethnology and focuses on the careerist, the wage-earner, the entrepreneur, and a comparison of each perspective. Discusses the implications of these values for counseling. (RJM)

Tests the hypothesis that supervisees' (N=116) multicultural case conceptualization ability and self-reported multicultural competence are functions of their racial identity and their supervisors' instruction to focus on multicultural issues. Results indicate that supervisees' racial identity was significantly related to self-reported…

Conducted a nationwide survey of doctoral counselor education programs (N=51) to examine the relative emphases on instruction, supervision, scholarship, clinical practice, and leadership. Results revealed diversity in the intended roles for which students are prepared. Greatest emphasis was placed on counseling activities in the practicum and…

Summarizes issues relevant to empirical investigations of client and counselor preferences. Explores the effects of similarity and difference on relationship development and focuses on the attraction and repulsion hypotheses' applicability to multicultural counseling research and theory. It is hoped that differences between counseling and social…

Presents a series of personal guidelines for promoting the culturally sensitive psychiatric diagnosis of Mexican American/Chicano clients. The insights are intended to supplement other clinicians' diagnoses, to promote the culturally sensitive application of the DSM-IV, and to challenge counselors to avoid misdiagnosis by reexamining their…

Survey of 208 Certified Addiction Counselors (CAC) and Certified Prevention Specialists (CPS) about education and training topics in the field of alcohol and other drug abuse. Results indicate that CAC/CPS professionals prefer training topics that encompass cultural issues, alternative forms of treatment and relapse prevention delivered in…

Examined the referral patterns of 1,095 African; 2,168 Asian; 1,385 Hispanic; and 2,273 White Americans (18 years of age and older) in a public mental health system to determine whether group differences in help seeking and referral patterns were related to participation in ethnic-specific versus mainstream programs. Discusses findings. (KW)

Developed a counseling self-efficacy instrument in order to examine change in counselors across a broad range of training and experience. Self-efficacy theory and models of counselor development make similar predictions about increases in counseling self-efficacy due to clinical training and experience. Results showed strong reliability and…

Incorporates and integrates various aspects of portfolio development, implementation, and evaluation into a portfolio model for the evaluation of counselors-in-training. Considers ethical implications and the importance of providing feedback to students. Also outlines the structure of and the time involved in the evaluation process. (RJM)

Reports on four studies that addressed the development of a career counseling scale. Results show that the instrument had moderate to high internal consistency across the studies and exhibited strong test-retest reliability over a two-week period. Construct validity was also supported. Uses of this test for training are discussed. (RJM)

To assist counselors who are supervising students working with clients infected with HIV, this article uses Loganbill, Hardy, and Delworth's (1982) framework to highlight important issues that counselors-in-training are likely to face. (Author)

Research on depression among gifted adolescent females is reviewed. A psychotherapeutic model drawing on established feminist therapy strategies is presented for counselors working with gifted adolescent females. The model emphasizes recognizing harmful effects of patriarchal society, supporting females in self-exploration, and pursuing nonsexist…

Hypothesis-formation skills were assessed for 40 graduate counseling students randomly assigned to training in either a divergent or convergent hypothesis-formation strategy. Findings suggest that trainees using a divergent strategy were able to formulate more comprehensive and multidimensional clinical hypotheses. Implications for training and…

Surveyed counseling psychologists on their involvement in sport psychology research, training, and practice; their affiliation with sport psychology professional organizations; and their attitudes toward current professional sport psychology issues. Found that counseling psychologists were minimally involved, and had received little formal…