Counselor Activity Self-Efficacy Scales

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Summary: "The Counselor Activity Self-Efficacy Scales were developed to assess self-efficacy for performing helping skills, managing the counseling process, and handling challenging counseling situations." Reference: Lent, R.W., Hill, C.E., & Hoffman, M.A. (2003). Development and Validation of the Counselor Activity Self-Efficacy Scales. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1, 97-108. Citation: (Lent, Hill, & Hoffman, 2003)

Description

"Counseling psychology and related helping professions have long been engaged in efforts to understand and promote the process of counselor development." "counselor self-efficacy, referring to counselors’ beliefs about their ability to perform counseling-related behaviors or to negotiate particular clinical situations." There are six factors and three subdomains: Insight Skills, Exploration Skills, Action Skills (under subdomain of Helping Skill Self-Efficacy), Session Management Self-Efficacy (factor/subdomain), Relationship Conflict, and Client Distress (under subdomain of Counseling Challenges Self-Efficacy).

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• 6 factors/3 subdomains:Insight Skills, Exploration Skills, Action Skills (under subdomain of Helping Skill Self-Efficacy), Session Management Self-Efficacy (factor/subdomain), Relationship Conflict, and Client Distress (under subdomain of Counseling Challenges Self-Efficacy).
• "the CASES scales are internally reliable and that they assess clinically relevant aspects of counseling self-efficacy."

Sample items

• Insight Skills

Immediacy (disclose immediate feelings you have about the client, the therapeutic relationship, or yourself in relation to the client).

• Exploration Skills

Open questions (ask questions that help clients to clarify or explore their thoughts or feelings).

• Action Skills

Information giving (teach or provide the client with data, opinions, facts, resources, or answers to questions).

• Session Management Self-Efficacy

Help your client to understand his or her thoughts, feelings, and actions.

• Relationship Conflict

. . . you have negative reactions toward (e.g., boredom, annoyance).

• Client Distress

. . . has experienced a recent traumatic life event (e.g., physical or psychological injury or abuse).

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