Counseling psychologists operating in schools have become increasingly interested in group counseling. Accompanying this interest, however, is an appalling lack of experimental evidence to support training practices, utilization of staff, and the application of therapeutic techniques in groups (Ohlsen, Proff & Roeber, 1956). These conditions, combined with an interest in gifted youth, led several of us at the University of Illinois to undertake a longrange project to investigate the application of group counseling 3 in treating gifted youth. The present paper is a partial report of a study growing out of the first phase of this project. It is concerned with the extent to which group counseling improves the mental health and academic J Thii study was conducted in Evanston Township High School.
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