Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to assess the practicing counseling skills among the mental hygiene and counseling trainees from their perspectives and from cooperative counselors, and detect whether the practicing of counseling skills would be varied due to gender and the type of the program (B. A, M. A). to collect data needed to answer the questions of the study, two questionnaires were developed; one was used to trainees students, and the other for the cooperative counselors. The sample of the study consisted of (161) trainees students and (161) cooperative counselors, during the second semester of the academic year 2005/2006. The results indicated that the level of practicing counseling skills was moderate. No significant differences in practicing the counseling skills were found due to gender except for two domains: counseling committee activities and research directed toward counseling work, in favor of males trainees. As well as the results have revealed that no significant differences were found due to the type of the study program except for some domains, which are: planning for counseling process, group counseling, research directed toward counseling work, and counseling committee activities in favor of B.A degree, whereas the differences in domains like counseling interview and counseling techniques were found to be in favor of M. A degree.
