“…The emphasis will be on counseling, not recreation, and leisure will be seen as simply one of the components, along with work and family, of the way we order our lives for personal well-being. The first manifestations of this trend are already evident as we examine the significance of the name of NVGA's Committee on Leisure and Career Development, the move away from traditional counseling to life-style counseling, and the nascent literature integrating planning for work and leisure (Bolles, 1978;Eason, 1972;Garte & Rosenblum, 1978;Kirn & Kirn, 1978;Loughary & Ripley, 1976;McDaniels, 1977;Winters & Hansen, 1976). If this trend continues, and we feel that it will and must, leisure counseling as a distinct specialty will have had a short but significant life.…”