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I have some of the clients say that going to the parish priest they would be embarrassed to tell some of these things or the attitude of the priests would make them not want to, because they are being judged, they felt, or at least the discussion would be on a moral level. . . . "And again many of these people have wanted to talk to a priest, but a priest who would be understanding, and I think that is the reason many of them have come here asking for a priest rather than go to the parish. Because they feel different. And what the counselees have said about the priests here is the willingness to give their time. They have always felt that in going to the parish there is a rush-five minutes, ten minutes . . . hut here they know they have a lot of time and they never feel the priest is rushing them or wanting to get it over with. And this is the point that seems to go over with the people who have the priest-counselors is the fact that here the priests listen, and this is a wonderful thing, as some of the people have told me that this is the first experience they have had with a priest who will listen, and to whom they can talk." fATHER O'MALLEY, DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING
"A good start: what they receive is a real good beginning, but they need much more than that. A better appreciation of human behavior and dynamics. Some of them have an exaggerated notion of their skills because of the three semesters they have taken. I say some of them, perhaps, have the same attitude and same appreciation of self even if they had no training or if they had 20 years of it. "Another criticism is that they are lopsided or-whether this is again something personal or instilled in them at the schoolprejudiced; they, some of them, can't see anything but clientcentered therapy. They should have at least a minimum introduction to some of the other schools of therapy. Definitely they should be given other courses in allied subjects. Tlfllir practicum or field work should be more varied, perhaps even in non¡ Catholic agencies. Definitely in different settings besides the present ones: e.g., hospital work, not necessarily mental hos-