WHAT IS COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY

Describes the confusion of the roles and functions of counseling psychologists and counselors as a result of the numerous demands being made on them. There appears to be a trend toward abandoning the counseling relationship as being ineffective and/or inefficient in changing behavior. A search for more effective methods for modifying the behavior of large numbers of people is beginning. Such methods would appear to be impersonal in nature. It is suggested that perhaps the most effective method of influencing individual behavior is through the close interpersonal relationship. (24 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.