TY - JOUR
AU - Felker, Kenneth R.
AB -  Numerous approaches to counselor training have been utilized in counselor education programs. Some approaches have been primarily concerned with developing techniques and understanding theory while others have emphasized the development of self-awareness and empathic understanding. We believe that the latter approach might provide a more adequate base for beginning counselors. There are a variety of methods that might facilitate the development of interpersonal sensitivity and selfexploration. The coached client has been used rather extensively but has presented a problem because consistency among performances cannot always be assured. Whiteley (1967) states that in his review of the studies employing coached clients, he found no satisfactory method of controlling client performance consistency. We believe that the use of coached clients (role-playing) presents an artificial situation for both participants and thus limits the opportunity for the communication of genuine feelings. Consistency with a role is difficult to achieve and sustain, the result being that the presented role does not conform to what the counselor will encounter in dealing with actual clients. Whiteley and Jakubowski (1969) conducted a study to determine what degree of similarity in client roles is necessary for the roles to be judged consistent. The coached client was to 
TI - An Innovation in Pre‐practicum Training
JF - Counselor Education and Supervision
DO - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1972.tb01511.x
DA - 1972-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/an-innovation-in-pre-practicum-training-0WOO6Zl2A0
SP - 224
VL - 11
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -