Critical Issues in Counselor Education: Mentors,Models, and Money

Three issues that affect research in counselor education and supervision are discussed. Mentoring practitioners, methodological diversity, and funding issues are critically examined.     

Self-Instructional Versus Traditional Training for Teaching Basic Counseling Skills

Three studies revealed that self-instructional and traditional training were equally effective methods of teaching basic counseling skills to novice counselor trainees.     

A SCALE FOR MEASURING CAMPUS MORALE

A campus morale scale, based on 22 items selected from Pace's College and University Environment Scales, is described.     

Interpersonal Relations: Some Suggestions for Theory Development

This article argues the need for theory development in the field of interpersonal relations training. Criteria, based on the four major divisions of philosophic inquiry (ontology, logic, axiology, and epistemology), are presented for assessing the substantive adequacy of interpersonal relations training theories. Three views of interpersonal relations—Ivey and Authier's Microcounseling, Kagan's Interpersonal Process Recall, and Strong's Social Psychological Approach—are then examined using these four criteria.