Evaluating Counselling Outcome.

Abstract

In the current competitive funding climate, there is a pressing need for counselling outcome research that demonstrates the effectiveness of current practices. However, a dearth of such research in New Zealand remains in spite of this need. Several reasons are offered for counsellors' and agencies' resistance to conducting outcome research. Various ways of gathering such data are discussed in terms of their simplicity of use, effectiveness, and manageability. Two scales in particular are recommended for use: PCOMS and PSYCHLOPS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)