Principles and Applications of Assessment in Counseling

by Susan C. Whiston

Become a better counselor with PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF ASSESSMENT IN COUNSELING! Created specifically for counseling students, this counseling text provides you with a comprehensive introduction to appraisal and assessment and focuses on the importance of using assessment results to evaluate the efficacy of counseling. With cases studies found throughout, you will easily learn to apply principles to real life.

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

512 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1999

Reviews

[Pam]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Annelise]

Poorly organized; index was zero helpful

[jessica]

Infuriatingly boring

[Daniel Polansky]

I read this book.

[Ace]

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

[Ana]

they made me read it.

[Becca]

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.