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Journal of Counseling Psychology

Journal of Counseling Psychology

ISSN 0022-0167
eISSN 1939-2168
Open access offered
Published six times per year, beginning in January
Impact factor 3.5
5-year impact factor 5.2
Psychology - Educational 21 of 73
Psychology - Applied 34 of 115

The Journal of Counseling Psychology® publishes empirical research in the areas of

  • counseling activities (including assessment, interventions, consultation, supervision, training, prevention, psychological education, and advocacy)
  • career and educational development and vocational psychology
  • diversity and underrepresented populations in relation to counseling activities
  • the development of new measures to be used in counseling activities
  • professional issues in counseling psychology

In addition, the Journal of Counseling Psychology considers reviews or theoretical contributions that have the potential for stimulating further research in counseling psychology, and conceptual or empirical contributions about methodological issues in counseling psychology research.

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Journal of Counseling Psychology welcomes submissions that align with its submission guidelines.

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Critical consciousness of anti-Black racism: A practical model to prevent and resist racial trauma.

Mosley, Della V.; Hargons, Candice N.; Meiller, Carolyn; Angyal, Blanka; Wheeler, Paris; Davis, Candice; Stevens-Watkins, Danelle

The stench of bathroom bills and anti-transgender legislation: Anxiety and depression among transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender LGBQ people during a state referendum.

Horne, Sharon G.; McGinley, Mallaigh; Yel, Nedim; Maroney, Meredith R.

Decolonization as methodological innovation in counseling psychology: Method, power, and process in reclaiming American Indian therapeutic traditions.

Gone, Joseph P.

The methodological integrity of critical qualitative research: Principles to support design and research review.

Levitt, Heidi M.; Morrill, Zenobia; Collins, Kathleen M.; Rizo, Javier L.

Ignoring race and denying racism: A meta-analysis of the associations between colorblind racial ideology, anti-Blackness, and other variables antithetical to racial justice.

Yi, Jacqueline; Neville, Helen A.; Todd, Nathan R.; Mekawi, Yara

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The integrated behavioral model of mental health help seeking (IBM-HS): A health services utilization theory of planned behavior for accessing care.

Hammer, Joseph H.; Vogel, David L.; Grzanka, Patrick R.; Kim, Nayeon; Keum, Brian T.; Adams, Claire; Wilson, Sarah A.

The Intergenerational Trauma Experiences and Healing (ITEH) model for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (LGBTQ+ BIPOC) individuals.

Kler, Satveer; Sahu, Ankita; Chwalisz, Kathleen; Arora, Saumya

Development and initial validation of the measure of internalized misogyny with cisgender U.S. women.

Ertl, Melissa M.; Ahn, Lydia HaRim

Transaffirmative psychological practice is ethical practice: Leveraging the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct in practice and advocacy.

Flinn, Ryan E.; Estevez, Rebekah; Terepka, Angelica; Boot-Haury, Jared; Abreu, Roberto L.; Dewey, Jodie M.; Skerven, Kim

Patient experiences of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for mood and personality disorders: A systematic review and meta-aggregation of qualitative studies.

Barrett, Angela; Campbell, Chloe; Luyten, Patrick; Fonagy, Peter; Moser, Max

Journal of Counseling Psychology in the spotlight

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Learning to live with uncertainty may pay off at work

People don’t need the perfect job to find meaning in their work, study finds
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Judicial Notebook: Speech or conduct? “Conversion therapy” bans

Supreme Court ruling calls into question states’ authority to enforce evidence-based standards of care
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CE Corner: Short, intensive cognitive behavioral therapy can ease panic disorder

Recent work shows benefits may improve people’s mental health more broadly
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The evidence against “conversion therapy”: Insights from psychological research

Claims to change sexual orientation or gender identity are based on false belief that being LGBTQ+ is something to cure
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CE Corner: How to manage countertransference in therapy

Emotional responses can deepen clinical insights and improve patient outcomes
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Aviation incidents amplify fear of flying, but therapy helps people reclaim the skies

Exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral treatment help people take flight again
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