The Prediction of Counseling Readiness

The Invisible Client

“…Allowing your client the freedom to express openly and honestly negative feelings about past experiences without fear of counselor rejection seems to be important. Some counselors may choose to administer the Counselor Readiness Scale (CRS) by Heilbrun and Sullivan (1962) during the initial session, but a more realistic and time-expedient method could simply be to ask relevant and pertinent questions. Some questions may include the following: Have you ever been in counseling before?…”

“…The logical question now seems to be, "How can these types of clients be identified so that appropriate, selective, or counseling procedures can be effectively introduced?" Heilbrun and Sullivan (1962) sought to answer just such a question.…”

“…Based on differential responses on the Adjective Checklist (ACL) and using Chi-Square analysis, the authors developed the Counseling Readiness Scale (CRS). Heilbrun and Sullivan (1962) suggest that the empirically derived CRS scores offer to counselors one device by which they can predict to some degree which clients will prematurely leave counseling and which ones will remain long enough to profit by it. Some of the ACL adjectives for those males and females who terminated prematurely and those who remained are presented in Table 1.…”

A Comparison of Self‐Referred Counselees and Non‐Counseled Junior High School Students

“…Much of 'the research that has been done relates primarily to college-age youth. Heilbrun (1960Heilbrun ( , 1962 found and cross-validated personality differences between terminating and continuing college counseling clients, and then with Sullivan (1962) developed a counseling readiness scale to help identify college students motivated towards personal and adjustment counseling. Eells (1962) studied voluntary versus compulsory counseling at the college level and found that among the lowest-quarter applicants those who volun-December, 1968 329 tarily asked for counseling were more Iikely than others to change their minds about seeking admission to the university.…”

The adjective check list as a personality assessment technique with children: Validity of the scales.

“…The 300 empirically derived adjectives yield 24 scales whose concepts are general to personality theories (e.g., self-confidence, self-control), and particular to Murray's need theory (Murray, 1938). Gough (1960), Heilbrun (1958Heilbrun ( , 19S9, 1962, and Heilbrun and Sullivan (1962) have attempted to establish construct validity for the scales by group criteria, individual life experiences, experimental choices, and comparisons with other measures. Confidence in the validity of the scales is generally quite good.…”