Assessment in Counseling: A Guide to the Use of Psychological Assessment Procedures

by Danica G. Hays

Now more user-friendly than ever, while continuing the legacy of excellence that Albert Hood and Richard Johnson began, the latest version of this best-selling text updates students and clinicians on the basic principles of psychological assessment, recent changes in assessment procedures, and the most widely used tests relevant to counseling practice today. Hays walks the reader through every stage of the assessment process and provides practical tools such as bolded key terminology; chapter pretests, summaries, and review questions; self-development and reflection activities; client case examples; practitioner perspectives illustrating assessment in action; and handy tip sheets. More than 100 assessment instruments examining intelligence, academic aptitude and achievement, career and life planning, personal interests and values, personality, and interpersonal relationships are described. Also discussed are specialized mental health assessments for substance abuse, depression, anxiety, anger, self-injury, eating disorders, suicide risk, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Genres: Counselling, Textbooks, Psychology, Read For School, Grad School, Nonfiction

416 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2012

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

The ONLY reason that I gave this three stars is because it is an excellent resource for assessments but reading it is a one-star experience. Ugh. It reads like a dull encyclopedia and I basically would just read it for notes because frankly, it is just painful. One of the worst textbooks in terms of readability. The author makes no attempt to make this more readable, it is just plain old boring.

[Analie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I used this textbook as a graduate student and found VERY dry. It also assumes prior knowledge of statistics. If I didn't have a great teacher to explain the concepts, I might have felt a bit lost. Hopefully, the authors will consider revisions to make it more student-friendly. The information is excellent; the styling just needs help.

[Degan Walters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Required reading for my appraisal course. It’s a good overview and I appreciated the samples.

[Maggie Ailene · Rating 3 out of 5]

I heavy skimmed the second half of this book. It is dense and dull but helped me pass my graduate level assessments class with an A so… 3 stars