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• Cornelius-White, Jeffrey H. D.
• Carver, Chris L.

Central to the success of person-centered counseling is the fostering of empathy, authenticity and acceptance in counselors-in-training. The researchers assessed the development of these core conditions in counselors-in-training who participated in a 16-week encounter group facilitated by the first author. Quantitative and qualitative measures were employed from participant, researcher, and facilitator perspectives. Participants consisted of two groups of 15 each (N=30). Results showed large self-perceived development on selfreport quantitative measures. Observer ratings on students' journals, facilitator's ratings on a measure of therapeutic dispositions, and correlations between the measures provide additional information. The manuscript ends with a brief discussion of limitations and implications for research.

• Psychology

• Psychology, Applied
• Psychoanalysis
• Statistics

acceptance, authenticity, core conditions, counselors-in-training, empathy, encounter group, person-centered

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