Assessment in Counseling: Practice and Applications

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Richard S. Balkin (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, University of Mississippi) Gerald A. Juhnke (Professor, Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio)

Assessment in Counseling

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Practice and Applications

Richard S. Balkin (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, University of Mississippi), Gerald A. Juhnke (Professor, Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio)

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Oxford University Press Inc
13 February 2026

Social work; Psychological testing & measurement; Medical profession; Medical counselling

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.

By: Richard S. Balkin (Distinguished Professor Distinguished Professor University of Mississippi), Gerald A. Juhnke (Professor, Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 173mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780197779590
ISBN 10: 019777959X
Pages: 342
Publication Date: 13 February 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.

Reviews for Assessment in Counseling: Practice and Applications

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 *