Principles and Applications of Assessment in Counseling

by Susan C. Whiston

This comprehensive introduction to appraisal and assessment, created specifically for counseling students, presents mathematical and statistical concepts in a simple and useful manner. The book stresses the importance of counselors being good consumers of assessment tools, to avoid misusing tools in manners harmful to clients.

Genres: Counselling, Textbooks, Psychology, School, Nonfiction, Grad School, Reference

520 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dry as a bone this one, It seems to go into a great deal of detail about certain types of assessments. Between that and the statistics, I am having an allergic reaction to this book

[Emily Ellison · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book considering it is about using assessments in counseling. It was well written with a lot of resources. I had to use this book as part of my assessment class in Winter 2012 quarter. The class was kind of boring, but it was not too bad.

[Tania · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another required text for Psychological Assessment for Counselors course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course covers the basic principles and methods of individual psychological assessment. Among the topics covered are interview methods (with adults, children, couples and families), the mental status examination, and the administration, scoring and interpretation of standardized assessment instruments.This course provides an overview of the varieties of clinical assessment that counselors may encounter in their careers. Introductory issues will include understanding the goals of psychological assessment, the types of measures used by counselors, and a consideration of the breadth of settings in which assessments take place. We will review test construction, norms, standardized scores, reliability and validity as foundational issues. We will begin the course with a review of professional and ethical issues and discussion of cultural and multi-cultural issues as they relate to psychological appraisal and assessment.

[Fawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful information that I'll use in practice, could use a better copyeditor; there are a lot of typos.

[Annelise · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poorly organized; index was zero helpful

[jessica]

Infuriatingly boring

[Ace · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hate it...the most boring book I have ever come across

[Ana]

they made me read it.

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This text is really helpful and provides a lot of additional resources. However, it can get dry and really detail-specific. This book has also recently been updated.