Journal of Counseling Psychology
Last updated ISSN 0022-0167
Journal of Counseling Psychology is published by American Psychological Association in psychology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Counseling Psychology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Career Development and Diversity
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Child Therapy and Development
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-0167, 1939-2168 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 7,750 |
| Publishing since | 1954 |
| Journal website | www.apa.org/journals/cou/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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