The Counseling Psychologist XX(X) 1-22 © 2011 SAGE Publications Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0011000010378443 http://tcp.sagepub.com 378443TCP XX X 10.1177/00110000103784 43Ridley et al.The Counseling Psychologist © 2011 SAGE Publications Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav 1 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA 2 Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, USA 3 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA Corresponding Author: Charles R. Ridley, Texas A&M University, College of Education and Human Development, Department of Educational Psychology, 4225 TAMU, College Station, TX 77845-4225 Email: cridley@tamu.edu Counseling Competence: Application and Implications of a Model Charles R. Ridley 1 , Debra Mollen 2 , and Shannon Kelly 3 Abstract Working from their proposed model of counseling competence, the authors address critical implications and applications of the model. First, they present a 10-parameter juxtaposition of the model of counseling competence and the microskills training model, including points of comparision and contrast. Sec- ond, they discuss implications of the model for practice, including guidelines for teaching and an application exercise.Third, they discuss implications of the model for research, including improvements over design flaws and the limited focus that has typified research on microskills training. Keywords counseling competence, application, implications of a model, teaching and research considerations at PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV on May 17, 2016 tcp.sagepub.com Downloaded from