Richard S. Balkin, PhD, MEd, is a Professor and Doctoral Program Coordinator at the University of Louisville. Dr. Balkin is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association; the editor for the Journal of Counseling and Development, the flagship journal for the American Counseling Association; and former President for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. He serves on numerous committees for ACA. Dr. Balkin has over 70 publications, which include text books on assessment in counseling and soon-to-be published textbooks on research, published tests and technical manuals, peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and conference proceedings. His counseling experience with at-risk youth was formative to his research agenda, which includes understanding the role of counseling and relevant goals for adolescents in crisis and counseling outcomes. This led to numerous published articles and one published measure through Mindgarden (Crisis Stabilization Scale).Gerald A. Juhnke, DEd, MA, is a Professor and the former founding Doctoral Program Director in the Department of Counseling at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) who has authored more than 55-refereed articles, 14 assessment instruments, and presented over 150 professional presentations. Jerry is an American Counseling Association Fellow, former president of seven professional associations, Associate Editor for the Journal of Counseling and Development, former Editor in Chief of The Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, and former Co-Chair of the American Counseling Association's Council of Journal Editors. He has received numerous counseling and teaching awards including the American Counseling Association's David K. Brooks' Distinguished Mentor Award, the American Counseling Association's Ralph F. Berdie Research Award, and the International Association for Addictions and Offender Counseling Addictions Educator Excellence Award

"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."

• Chapter 1: The Role of Assessment in Counseling Chapter 2: Case Studies Progress Notes: Classification SystemsChapter 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 InterviewChapter 8: Multicultural and Special Population Assessment Issues in Counseling Chapter 9: Fundamentals of Ability Assessment Chapter 10: Fundamentals of Career AssessmentChapter 11: Marriage, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Assessment Chapter 12: Fundamentals of Interpretation AssessmentChapter 13: Assessment of Accountability in Counseling Appendix AAppendix BIndex

Richard S. Balkin, PhD, MEd, is a Professor and Doctoral Program Coordinator at the University of Louisville. Dr. Balkin is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association; the editor for the Journal of Counseling and Development, the flagship journal for the American Counseling Association; and former President for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. He serves on numerous committees for ACA. Dr. Balkin has over 70 publications, which include text books on assessment in counseling and soon-to-be published textbooks on research, published tests and technical manuals, peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and conference proceedings. His counseling experience with at-risk youth was formative to his research agenda, which includes understanding the role of counseling and relevant goals for adolescents in crisis and counseling outcomes. This led to numerous published articles and one published measure through Mindgarden (Crisis Stabilization Scale).Gerald A. Juhnke, DEd, MA, is a Professor and the former founding Doctoral Program Director in the Department of Counseling at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) who has authored more than 55-refereed articles, 14 assessment instruments, and presented over 150 professional presentations. Jerry is an American Counseling Association Fellow, former president of seven professional associations, Associate Editor for the Journal of Counseling and Development, former Editor in Chief of The Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, and former Co-Chair of the American Counseling Association's Council of Journal Editors. He has received numerous counseling and teaching awards including the American Counseling Association's David K. Brooks' Distinguished Mentor Award, the American Counseling Association's Ralph F. Berdie Research Award, and the International Association for Addictions and Offender Counseling Addictions Educator Excellence Award

"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."

• Chapter 1: The Role of Assessment in Counseling Chapter 2: Case Studies Progress Notes: Classification SystemsChapter 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 InterviewChapter 8: Multicultural and Special Population Assessment Issues in Counseling Chapter 9: Fundamentals of Ability Assessment Chapter 10: Fundamentals of Career AssessmentChapter 11: Marriage, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Assessment Chapter 12: Fundamentals of Interpretation AssessmentChapter 13: Assessment of Accountability in Counseling Appendix AAppendix BIndex

Richard S. Balkin, PhD, MEd, is a Professor and Doctoral Program Coordinator at the University of Louisville. Dr. Balkin is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association; the editor for the Journal of Counseling and Development, the flagship journal for the American Counseling Association; and former President for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. He serves on numerous committees for ACA. Dr. Balkin has over 70 publications, which include text books on assessment in counseling and soon-to-be published textbooks on research, published tests and technical manuals, peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and conference proceedings. His counseling experience with at-risk youth was formative to his research agenda, which includes understanding the role of counseling and relevant goals for adolescents in crisis and counseling outcomes. This led to numerous published articles and one published measure through Mindgarden (Crisis Stabilization Scale).Gerald A. Juhnke, DEd, MA, is a Professor and the former founding Doctoral Program Director in the Department of Counseling at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) who has authored more than 55-refereed articles, 14 assessment instruments, and presented over 150 professional presentations. Jerry is an American Counseling Association Fellow, former president of seven professional associations, Associate Editor for the Journal of Counseling and Development, former Editor in Chief of The Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, and former Co-Chair of the American Counseling Association's Council of Journal Editors. He has received numerous counseling and teaching awards including the American Counseling Association's David K. Brooks' Distinguished Mentor Award, the American Counseling Association's Ralph F. Berdie Research Award, and the International Association for Addictions and Offender Counseling Addictions Educator Excellence Award

"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."

• Chapter 1: The Role of Assessment in Counseling Chapter 2: Case Studies Progress Notes: Classification SystemsChapter 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 InterviewChapter 8: Multicultural and Special Population Assessment Issues in Counseling Chapter 9: Fundamentals of Ability Assessment Chapter 10: Fundamentals of Career AssessmentChapter 11: Marriage, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Assessment Chapter 12: Fundamentals of Interpretation AssessmentChapter 13: Assessment of Accountability in Counseling Appendix AAppendix BIndex