Counselor Education

A Multidimensional Analysis of the Mental Health of Graduate Counselors in Training

“…A clear relationship, however, has not been established between counselor effectiveness and the mental health level of the counselor (Ju, 1982;Rowe, Murphy, & de Csipkes, 1975;Whiteley, 1969).…”

Personality characteristics, training methods, and counseling effectiveness

“…In spite of Whiteley's (1969) statement, "It seems fruitless to continue this inquiry of particular traits" (p. 175), the search continues. Loesch, Crane, and Rucker (1978) attempted to correlate counselor self-disclosure, dogmatism, locus of control, Machiavellianism, academic aptitude, and sex of counselor trainees with counselor evaluation ratings and concluded that "judgments of some aspects of counselor trainee effectiveness are independent of some counselor trainee personality characteristics" (p. 202).…”

The Relationship of Counselor Characteristics and Counseling Effectiveness

“…The lack of clarity concerning the basis for determining "effectiveness" makes replication fruitless and has brought forth the characterization of such work as popular, though unproductive (Whiteley, 1969).…”