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EMPIRICAL COMPARISONS OF COUNSELOR ORIENTATIONS
Author(s) -
Akridge R. L.,
Bergeron W. L.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1970.tb00568.x
Subject(s) - empathy , psychology , interpersonal communication , congruence (geometry) , clinical psychology , interpersonal relationship , counselor education , unconditional positive regard , group counseling , variance (accounting) , correlation , social psychology , psychotherapist , higher education , business , accounting , political science , law , geometry , mathematics
The purpose of this study was to investigate counselor behaviors related to being “counseling oriented” in one's interaction with clients as opposed to being “placement oriented.” The levels of therapeutic conditions (accurate empathy, self congruence, unconditional positive regard, and intensity and intimacy of interpersonal contact) were all positively correlated with being counseling oriented (p<.01). The multiple correlation of the therapeutic conditions with being counseling oriented was .74 with accurate empathy accounting for the major portion of the variance. Further analysis of the frequency of specific counselor responses revealed that counselors who provide high therapeutic conditions, or those who are counseling oriented: (a) manifest a distinctly different pattern of responses; and, (b) are more active in the counseling relationship in terms of total responses.