The Personal Characteristics of Effective Counselors: What 10 Experts Think

The counseling professional has called for the use of personal characteristics to be used for admissions to counseling programs as well as in the evaluation of counseling students. 10 expert counselors ranked 22 personality characteristics of potential students for importance and responsiveness to t...

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Published inPsychological reports Vol. 84; no. 3_suppl; pp. 1339 - 1344
Main Authors Pope, Verl T., Kline, William B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.1999
Psychological reports
Subjects
Adult
Counseling - education
Education, Graduate
Female
Humans
Male
Personality
School Admission Criteria
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Summary:The counseling professional has called for the use of personal characteristics to be used for admissions to counseling programs as well as in the evaluation of counseling students. 10 expert counselors ranked 22 personality characteristics of potential students for importance and responsiveness to training. The most important include empathy, acceptance, and warmth, while the least important include resourcefulness, sympathy and sociability.
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ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/pr0.1999.84.3c.1339