… if client weight bias influences a client’s trust in a counselor’s … to follow a counselor’s advice,
and desire to select a counselor for … Clients may more favorably evaluate an average weight …

… , 1973) in which client change is mediated by certain counselor attributes, the present … of
client gender, counselor status, and counselor weight on clients' initial impressions of counselor …

… of client weight and ethnicity on counselors’ recognition and appraisal of eating disorder
symptoms. Previous research has demonstrated weight… The vignettes varied only by the weight (…

… of weight and gender on counselors’ assessment of clients’ … , the female client with higher
weight was perceived to have … weight biases do not affect counselor trainees’ evaluation of …

… The researchers found three main themes related to counselors and their weight: excess
weight on a counselor is distracting to the client and creates unwanted distance in …

… weight bias to counselor educators. This study can provide information on the possible bias
that is displayed toward clients … mental health workers evaluated the overweight client more …

… outcome of counseling. For instance, if during a first counseling session, a client is viewed
… items were changed from self-evaluation to evaluation of the specific client in the vignette to …

… clients requesting counseling from a university counseling … of counselor status (high, low),
counselor weight (normal, overweight), and client gender, on initial perceptions of counselor …

… whether counselors- in-training hold negative attitudes toward obese clients and whether the
career … of the client and one evaluating the perceived work efficacy. Results indicated that …

… , weight-neutral understanding of health. The final section of this paper aims to provide
recommendations for how counselors might integrate weight… narratives around weight and health. …