LibGuides: Subject Guides for Websites: Counseling

COUNSELING Subject Guide

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy - AAMFT
• www.aamft.org
• .org
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The AAMFT hosts an annual national training conference as well as a week-long series of continuing education institutes in the summer and winter. It publishes the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, the Family Therapy Magazine, brochures, pamphlets, books, and other media materials.
American Counseling Association
• http://www.counseling.org
• .org
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The ACA provides information about licensure requirements, ethics, private practice pointers, Webinars, a job clearinghouse, a blog, and other resources (such as professional journals) for those in the counseling profession.
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association, founded in 1844, is the world’s largest psychiatric organization. It is a medical specialty society representing more than 33,000 psychiatric physicians from the United States and around the world. Its member physicians work together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorders, including intellectual disabilities and substance use disorders. The American Psychiatric Association is the voice and conscience of modern psychiatry.
American Psychoanalytic Association - APsaA
APsaA, as a professional organization for psychoanalysts, focuses on education, research and membership development. In addition to the national organization, APsaA’s membership includes 30 accredited training institutes and 39 affiliate societies throughout the United States. Since its founding, APsaA has been a component of the International Psychoanalytical Association.
American Psychological Association
APA is membership association of psychologists, with more than 134,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members. The mission of APA is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives.
American School Counselors Association
• http://www.schoolcounselor.org
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Provides information about careers, jobs, and professional development. Includes information about certification requirements in different states, school counselor competencies, networks for school counselors, liability insurance for school counselors, and more.
Basic Counseling Skills
• https://www.basic-counseling-skills.com/
• Jan Carrie Steven, MA RSW, author and copyright holder
• .com
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Geared to the needs of college students, new counselors, and health care professionals, this site provides information about the basics of counseling in 6 sections: Techniques, Theories, Practice, Self-Help, and Continuing Education. Each section has 8-12 chapters.
Counseling Resource
• http://counsellingresource.com/
• Mulhauser Consulting, Ltd., Dr. Greg Mulhauser, founder and publisher.
• .com
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This site provides information about types of counseling & psychotherapy, quizzes to self-test for mental health issues, a guide to mental disorders & symptoms, information about drugs used in mental health, a research library for locating books & articles, and information about online training.
Counseling Today
• http://ct.counseling.org/
• American Counseling Association
• .org
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A free online publication of the American Counseling Association.
GoodTherapy.org
• http://www.goodtherapy.org/
• Noah Rubinstein, LMFT, founder & CEO
• .org
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Provides information and resources to the public and to professionals. Resources include continuing education and job/career opportunities, news and journal articles, “Find a Therapist” feature, biographies of influential therapists, codes of ethics, descriptions of over 125 types of therapy, etc.
List of Counseling Theories
• https://myshrink.com/counseling-theories/
• MyShrink.com, Dr. Suzanne LaCombe, Registered Psychologist
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Provides an alphabetical list of about 300 counseling treatments, theories, approaches, and/or techniques. Some have links to descriptions and/or other Websites with information about the theory and/or institutes espousing the approach.
National Board for Certified Counselors
• www.nbcc.org
• National Board for Certified Counselors
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Provides information about national certification, certification specialties, state license, examination requirements, and ethics. Also publishes a freely accessible newsletter with articles of interest to counseling professionals.
National Organization for Human Services
• http://www.nationalhumanservices.org
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Provides a Job Board to link to employment opportunities, a quarterly newsletter, information about board certification and ethical standards for professionals.
NIH- National Institute of Mental Health
The NIH, National Institute of Mental Health, is a government agency with a website that provides FREE and extensive introductory information and resources on broad mental health topics such as eating disorders, social phobia, and anxiety disorders.
The Professional Counselor Journal - TPC
• http://tpcjournal.nbcc.org/
• National Board for Certified Counselors
• .org
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A peer-reviewed online journal launched in January 2011. It covers such topics as clinical mental health, school, marriage/couple/family, addictions, career, student affairs, supervision/professional practice, innovation, and book reviews.
PsychPedia A-Z
A web page on the GoodTherapy.org website founded by Noah Rubinstein, this is an online encyclopedia with articles about psychology terms, issues treated in therapy, types of therapy, modes of therapy, psychotropic medication, and famous psychologists.

Last update: 8/11/2021

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a variation of Google. It is designed specifically for scholarly literature searches.

Advantages

It’s free to use.
It has a simple, familiar interface that works much like regular Google.
It finds scholarly books, articles, and conference papers from a wide range of disciplines.

Disadvantages

Coverage is not comprehensive. It is a good first place to start researching a paper, but not comprehensive enough to be the only place you look.
Criteria used for selecting “scholarly” materials is not given. Search results can be a mixture of articles and books as well as unpublished manuscripts, course syllabi, and high school term papers, so you must critically evaluate what you find.
Results are not always full-text or free like regular Google. Often the link for an article will take you to the publishers website where the full article is available only if you buy it.