| Summary: | "In 1926, current personnel literature was searched for reports of techniques useful in counseling students who requested assistance with educational, vocational, and personal problems. This search of the literature revealed meager discussions of techniques. In the succeeding twelve years, the author has counseled approximately ten thousand high school and college students. The present book constitutes a partial summary of these twelve years of clinical experience together with a review of the literature on this phase of personnel work. The first chapter of this book attempts to outline the author's interpretation of the philosophy of personnel work and its role in education. Following this, general procedures of clinical counseling are described. In Chap. VI some important facts necessary to the counselor's understanding of students are summarized. Following these introductory chapters, various types of problems exhibited by students are outlined in as great detail as is consistent with the limitations of the method of written exposition and the restrictions of our inadequate knowledge"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).
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