A Vision of the Next Three Years for The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development

✍ Scribed by DOLLARHIDE, COLETTE T.

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 74 KB
• Volume: 49
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1931-0293
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2010.tb00082.x

✦ Synopsis

This journal has a long history that predates the American Counseling Association (ACA) and has undergone numerous iterations over the years. Originally published in 1931, the journal was devoted to issues concerning personnel workers (i.e., counselors) involved in teacher training (Allen, 1962). In 1952, when the journal's association (then the Student Personnel Association for Teacher Education) joined with three other organizations to form the American Personnel and Guidance Association (later ACA [Kaplan, 2002]), the journal's mission changed to focus on humanistic issues in counseling, education, and human development.

These humanistic issues have been reflected in the journal's eclectic content over the years as this journal has been at the forefront of conversations about important counseling topics. In the past 30 years, topics such as multiculturalism, lesbian and gay issues, wellness, counselor impairment, creative counseling techniques, and strengths-based counseling have been addressed in articles and special issues devoted to the emergent counseling topography. In addition, articles that bring new models and philosophies, in addition to research, have been highlighted for the professional development of all counselors. Editors such as