Counseling Research: A Practitioner-Scholar Approach

by Richard S. Balkin, David M. Kleist

This introductory text for counselors-in-training and emerging researchers focuses on research methodology, design, measurement, and evaluation. Richard Balkin and David Kleist explain the primary research methods used in counseling while emphasizing the importance of ethics and multicultural issues, demonstrating a professional counselor identity within the framework of research, and outlining the specific approaches used to inform counseling practice.

The book contains four The Essence of Research in the Counseling Profession, Quantitative Research Designs, Qualitative Research Designs, and Practice-Based Research. Key features include case examples that bridge the technicalities of research and the realities of practice; strategies for designing research; guidelines for counselors considering topics for a thesis, a dissertation, or the development of an initial study; examples of current counseling research articles; and suggested activities to enhance understanding of the material in each chapter and facilitate classroom discussion.

 

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Genres: Counselling, School, Nonfiction, Grad School

310 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 20, 2016

Reviews

[Susie · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you enjoy watching paint dry, or kettles boiling, or grass growing, you might enjoy this text.

[Cori · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dry as a bag of rice cakes, but that's to be expected.

[Kimmie]

*grad school requirement

[Zion Lily · Rating 3 out of 5]

A peek into research and statistics in the psychology world. I respect the writers who wrote about a complicated and tedious subject in an approachable way. Despite it being subject matter that I struggled to retain, this book is a part of my journey for learning how to be a nuanced and intelligent consumer of research.

[Claire]

It's fine. Who wants to read a research book? But they make it readable, not fun, but readable. The qualitative chapters were the most engaging because they flowed so nicely and relied mostly on examples to explain the material.

[Dana Libhart · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5/5
It's hard to rate textbooks because they are generally not fun or easy to read. This ebook was well-organized and I was able to find the information I needed fairly easily. Research is just not my topic of choice, and so this was very difficult to pick up.

[Shanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent and somewhat comprehensive primer for my graduate-level research and program evaluation class.