
Assessment in Counseling
Practice and Applications
Oxford University Press Inc
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 13. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
342 pages
978-0-19-777959-0 (ISBN)
Description
Assessment in Counseling takes a different approach to assessment courses, which students often experience as a statistics-heavy class accompanied by a wide variety of assessments. Richard S. Balkin and Gerald A. Juhnke emphasize the skills used in assessment and supports the use of these skills across a broad range of assessment instruments and strategies. Assessment, like more core areas of counseling, has a theoretical basis and a pertinent, practical component. However, this practical component often gets lost in the application of the skills and use of instructions that heavily rely on psychometric properties.
Written in an accessible, conversational tone, the book focuses on the application of the theoretical and measurement concepts of assessment in counseling and introduces three case studies that are followed throughout the text. Instead of introducing readers to a plethora of instruments, Balkin and Juhnke have selected seminal measures that students are likely to come across and use in the profession. Through the use of this book and their course content, students will gain the skills to search, select, and administer the type of assessment instruments deemed helpful for their practice as a professional counselor, regardless of specialization.
This new edition provides updates on the laws, codes, and instruments covered, the most recent application of measures and the psychometric properties associated with them, and additions on career assessment and personality. It also features a new chapter on environmental assessment that highlights data collection practices and the role of assessing, accommodating, and recommending levels of care.
Ultimately, this textbook serves as a guide for administering, scoring, interpreting, and communicating assessment results.
Written in an accessible, conversational tone, the book focuses on the application of the theoretical and measurement concepts of assessment in counseling and introduces three case studies that are followed throughout the text. Instead of introducing readers to a plethora of instruments, Balkin and Juhnke have selected seminal measures that students are likely to come across and use in the profession. Through the use of this book and their course content, students will gain the skills to search, select, and administer the type of assessment instruments deemed helpful for their practice as a professional counselor, regardless of specialization.
This new edition provides updates on the laws, codes, and instruments covered, the most recent application of measures and the psychometric properties associated with them, and additions on career assessment and personality. It also features a new chapter on environmental assessment that highlights data collection practices and the role of assessing, accommodating, and recommending levels of care.
Ultimately, this textbook serves as a guide for administering, scoring, interpreting, and communicating assessment results.
Reviews / Votes
Assessment in Counseling: Practice and Applications has a casual narrative and provides key information to readers about assessment processes in counseling. The chapters are laid out effectively and include realistic clinical case studies that are consistently applied throughout the book. Furthermore, it is clear the authors' wealth of knowledge and experience inform the content included in this book. * Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development * Balkin and Juhnke breathe new life into assessment pedagogy. . . . Drawing from an ancient proverb, most assessment textbook authors give you a fish; Balkin and Juhnke teach you how to fish. The case studies provide a solid anchor to the content, allowing the reader to clearly see the direct application of various approaches to assessment. This is a brilliant introductory text for preparing counselors to engage in the assessment process. * Craig S. Cashwell, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS, CSAT-S, Professor, Department of Counseling and Educational Development, University of North Carolina at Greensboro * This text delivers an approachable way for counseling students to learn about assessment-it provides comprehensive coverage of all the information students will need after graduation, without belaboring it. I love that case studies are introduced in the beginning, and then applied to the material throughout the text. This provides students with continuity, and gives them a deeper understanding of the material. * K. Michelle Hunnicutt Hollenbaugh, PhD, LPC-S, Associate Professor, Department of Counseling & Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi *More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
18 figures and 25 tables
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-777959-0 (9780197779590)
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Persons
Richard S. Balkin is a Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Leadership and Counselor Education at the University of Mississippi. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association, and past-president for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. Balkin began practice as a professional counselor in 1993 and has worked in academia since 2003. He is the author of over 100 publications in counselling assessment and research, including Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing, (Oxford University Press, 2020).
Gerald A. Juhnke is an American Counseling Association Fellow and American Association for Marriage and Family Clinical Fellow. Juhnke is a Professor and the Interim Chair for the Department of Counseling at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is a former President for the Association for Assessment in Counseling, former President for
the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors, and former Fellow of the North Carolina Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse. He began his first clinical independent practice in 1986 and has co-authored over 100 publications including 14 textbooks and 18 assessment instruments.
Gerald A. Juhnke is an American Counseling Association Fellow and American Association for Marriage and Family Clinical Fellow. Juhnke is a Professor and the Interim Chair for the Department of Counseling at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is a former President for the Association for Assessment in Counseling, former President for
the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors, and former Fellow of the North Carolina Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse. He began his first clinical independent practice in 1986 and has co-authored over 100 publications including 14 textbooks and 18 assessment instruments.
Author
Distinguished ProfessorDistinguished Professor, University of Mississippi
ProfessorProfessor, University of Texas at San Antonio
Content
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Role of Assessment in Counseling
- Chapter 2. Case Studies, Progress Notes, and Classification Systems
- Chapter 3. Fundamentals of Assessment
- Chapter 4. Current Standards for Validity
- Chapter 5. Current Standards for Reliability
- Chapter 6. How to Choose an Assessment Instrument
- Chapter 7. Conducting an Initial Interview
- Chapter 8. Multicultural and Special Population Assessment Issues in Counseling
- Chapter 9. Environmental Assessment
- Chapter 10. Fundamentals of Ability Assessment
- Chapter 11. Fundamentals of Career and Personality Assessment
- Chapter 12. Marriage, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Assessment
- Chapter 13. Fundamentals of Interpretation in Assessment
- Chapter 14. Assessment of Accountability in Counseling
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- References
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Role of Assessment in Counseling
- Chapter 2. Case Studies, Progress Notes, and Classification Systems
- Chapter 3. Fundamentals of Assessment
- Chapter 4. Current Standards for Validity
- Chapter 5. Current Standards for Reliability
- Chapter 6. How to Choose an Assessment Instrument
- Chapter 7. Conducting an Initial Interview
- Chapter 8. Multicultural and Special Population Assessment Issues in Counseling
- Chapter 9. Environmental Assessment
- Chapter 10. Fundamentals of Ability Assessment
- Chapter 11. Fundamentals of Career and Personality Assessment
- Chapter 12. Marriage, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Assessment
- Chapter 13. Fundamentals of Interpretation in Assessment
- Chapter 14. Assessment of Accountability in Counseling
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- References
- Index