John D. Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Practice of Counseling Psychology

The John D. Black Award is given to stimulate and reward outstanding achievement in the practice of Counseling Psychology. The monetary prize associated with the award is generously donated by Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. The recipient of the award will be announced at the annual convention during the Division 17 Business Meeting.

John Black received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1953. His primary interests were in Counseling Psychology and personality measurement. He was director of the Counseling Center at Stanford University from 1950 to 1976 and in 1956 he became the Chairman and the CEO of Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.