In order to understand client views of counselor'use of directives, we conducted in-depth
interviews with nine clients immediately after they completed a session at a university …

Eight Chinese counselors were interviewed about their use of directives in counseling. They
typically believed that directives can be beneficial in counseling Chinese clients. They used …

We examined relationships among the use of therapist directives, client implementation of
directives, and outcome for 43 Chinese therapists and their 96 Chinese clients at a …

Advice giving is a common phenomenon in all human interactions, including therapist-client
interactions in psychotherapy. Due to the nature of the therapist-client relationship, however …

Giving and receiving feedback is an important counseling skill; therefore, it is crucial to focus
on this skill within counselor training. This article presents the Counselor Feedback Training …

In July, 2008, the Inaugural Asia Pacific Rim International Counselling Conference was held
in Hong Kong. The conference attracted nearly 400 delegates and students and culminated …

Studied counselors' identification of seven commonly employed counselor response modes.
Found that counselors tended to identify most of response modes in multifaceted manner …

The perceptions of United States'(US) and Singaporean college students on directive and
nondirective counselling approaches were examined. A total of 103 Singaporean students …

Although therapists often provide advice in psychotherapy, we have minimal empirical
evidence about its effect. For the current study, we examined the antecedents and …

This qualitative study explored prelicensed counselors' experiences prioritizing information
for clinical supervision. Through phenomenological interviews, 7 counselors seeking …