Counselor Education and the Psychology of More

Abstract

Counselor educators have called for more and more training in a variety of areas. Taken individually, most of these areas are important and legitimate training domains. The implicit assumption, however, seems to be that academic programs represent an ever‐expanding economy of time and resources.

Preparing School Counselors to Promote Academic Development

“…However, adding a course to a counselor preparation curriculum that consists almost entirely of courses required to meet state and national accreditation standards is by no means an easy accomplishment. As standards continue to expand, faculty are increasingly called upon to provide students more preparation without recognizing that programs do not have ever‐expanding resources and time (Pipes, Buckhalt, & Merrill, 1983). Therefore, the addition of content and clinical assignments related to academic development may be accomplished through a required course or through a variety of means depending on the context in which counselor preparation occurs.…”

Some Thoughts About Research Training

“…To that observation we might add that we are unaware of any data suggesting that professors can accurately predict which students will become great (or for that matter, moderately good) researchers. One refreshing aspect of the article is that it does not represent another call for more of this or that to solve a problem in training (Pipes, Buckhalt, & Merrill, 1983). Below are four of the issues that the article raised for us.…”