Chapter II: The Preparation of Counselors and Personnel Workers

THE literature related to the preparation of counselors and personnel workers published during the past three years indicates that there is much to be accomplished in the development of adequate programs for profes-sional preparation, but progress is being made in some significant areas. Much of the literature on counselor education consists of status studies and descriptive reports. The questionnaire is still more popular than its present stage of refinement merits. Research on the importance of counselor characteristics and technics in the counseling process and studies designed to learn how to evaluate the outcomes of counseling are reviewed elsewhere in this issue. Such research is an essential element in the improvement of counselor preparation. The literature reflects the existing confusion regarding terminology and disciplinary relationships. This same confusion makes it difficult to deter-mine content for this review. This chapter deals only with the preparation of those persons who are known professionally as counselors, school guid-