ABSTRACT
The explosion of interest in counselling, both in terms of the number of students seeking courses and in terms of employers and institutions seeking to use counsellors. Employers are selecting not just upon the merits of individual students, but also upon the merits of the training they are receiving. This is a further way in which employers can hope to raise standards of competency both in the individual student and in counselling training. Employers have an important part to play in encouraging the development of courses that pay proper attention to counselling in primary care. In the case of selecting counsellors as permanent members of staff, there are more factors than assessment of the merits of the course from which the applicants have graduated. Attendance on even the best training course can never guarantee that the student will become a good counsellor or therapist; but it certainly helps.
