The training and accreditation section of the Third National Conference for Counseling Psychology addressed the following issues: (a) models of training and curriculum, (b) context of training, (c) cultural diversity, (d) identity and accreditation, (e) practicum and internship, and (f) career development and employment. This report presents the major components of these discussions and summarizes the deliberations and recommendations of the participants. Many of the principles articulated at the Northwestern and Greyston conferences are reaffirmed. The role, criteria, and purposes of APA accreditation are endorsed. The division leadership is encouraged to promote counseling psychology and the career development of counseling psychologists.

The purpose of this study was to help counselor trainees learn to respond consistently to client negative affect such as anger and depression. Fifty graduate students were randomly divided into five groups that were exposed to different kinds of videotaped counselor training procedures. The group of main interest was exposed to a training procedure that enabled the subjects first to verbally practice responding to client negative affect and then to observe a model counselor's response. When these subjects counseled either angry or depressed role-playing clients, they responded more consistently to client feelings than subjects exposed to other training procedures. An analysis of covariance with repeated measures was used to analyze the data.Negative affect expressed by clients has long been a focus of attention for counselors. Feelings such as anger, guilt, and depression are typically considered important areas for discussion and analysis. Frequently, the persistence of one of these feelings is the central problem presented by the client. If it is not the central problem, the content regarding the problem is often related to such a feeling: The dissolving marriage may be permeated by anger, poor academic performance sometimes results in excessive guilt, alcohol dependence can be associated with prolonged states of depression.Recently, several writers have been concerned with the role that negative affect plays in the counseling process (e.g.

To explore the influence of theorized motivational properties of possible selves on participants' perceived likelihood of achieving their most hoped-for self and avoiding their most feared self, the authors surveyed 198 low-income rural women attending either adult basic education classes (DHS, n ϭ 95) or community college developmental classes (DEV, n ϭ 103), who provided demographic information and completed questionnaires about occupational possible selves and personal efficacy. Affect, knowing someone in a hoped-for occupation, self-initiated actions, and personal efficacy each accounted for significant variance in predicting the participants' perceptions of achieving their most hoped-for self. None of the variables was predictive of participants' perceptions of avoiding their most feared self. Information about this population, implications for research, and career counseling are discussed.

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We assessed the health of workers exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) site and of a comparison group of unexposed workers, by means of a mail survey. Exposed workers reported higher frequency of symptoms consistent with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and other psychological problems, approximately 20 months after the disaster. PTSD was positively associated with traumatic on-site experiences and with respiratory problems. These findings may have important clinical and public health implications.