The authors evaluated the effectiveness of the Skilled Counselor Training Model (SCTM; M. H. Smaby, C. D. Maddux, E. Torres‐Rivera, & R. Zimmick, 1999) in teaching counseling skills and in fostering counselor cognitive complexity. Counselor trainees who completed the SCTM had better counseling skills and higher levels of cognitive complexity than did counselor trainees who did not receive the training. Before training, both experimental and control group participants overestimated their skills performance. The control group persisted in this overestimation after training, whereas students who completed the SCTM had a much more accurate self‐assessment. Results suggest that skills‐based training may improve counseling skills and cognitive complexity in counselor trainees.

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The authors present results of a study of the effectiveness of the online submission process for the Counselor Education and Supervision journal. Results indicate that submitters (a) preferred submitting manuscripts via e-mail attachment. (b) judged the submission process as highly effective. (c) considered that they had good Internet submission skills. and (d) evaluated the tutorial for submitting manuscripts as commensurate with their skill level. It is concluded that this journal has implemented an online article submission and editing process that other professional counseling journals could consider.

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