Reading List for Comprehensive Exam - 1
APPENDIX F: Reading List for Comprehensive Examination
The domains are for Part A are: History of Counseling Psychology; Assessment; Counseling &
Clinical Theory (includes Groups and Systems); Ethics; Working with Difference & Cultural
Competence; and Vocational. In addition, the examination should reflect the student’s
knowledge of ethical and professional standards in psychology as well as knowledge of current
theoretical and professional issues in psychology, and particularly in counseling psychology.
There are also readings in for conceptualizing the Case Study in the area of Empiricallysupported Interventions or Evidence-based Practice
Note to Candidates: The purpose of the Comprehensive Examination is to ensure that you
have attained mastery of the field. This Reading List is intended to help you review, and (in
some cases) to update, what you have learned. The list is not meant to substitute for the
readings, assignments, lectures, and practica which comprised your curriculum.
1) History of Counseling Psychology
Whiteley, J. M. (1984). A historical perspective on the development of counseling psychology as
a profession. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of counseling psychology
(pp. 3-55). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Heppner, P. P., Casas, J. M., Carter, J., & Stone, G. L. (2000). The maturation of counseling
psychology: Multifaceted perspectives, 1978-1998. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.),
Handbook of counseling psychology (3rd ed., pp. 3-49). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Leong, F. T. L., Leach, M. M., & Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2012). Internationalizing the field of
counseling psychology. In F. T. L. Leong, W. E. Pickren, M. M. Leach, & A. J. Marsella
(Eds.), Internationalizing the psychology curriculum in the United States (pp. 201- 223).
New York: Springer.
2) Assessment
American Psychological Association (2003). Guidelines on multicultural education, training,
research, practice, and organizational change for psychologists. American Psychologist,
58, 377-402.
Groth-Marnat, G. (2003). Handbook of psychological assessment (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John
Wiley & Sons.
Exner, J. E. (2003). The Rorschach: A comprehensive system (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley &
Sons.
Ridley, C. R., Li, L. C., & Hill, C. L. (1998). Multicultural assessment: Reexamination,
reconceptualization, and practical application. Counseling Psychologist, 26, 827-910.
3) Counseling and Clinical Theory
Beck, A.T., Freeman, A., Davis, D.D., and Associates. (2004). Cognitive therapy of personality
disorders. New York: The Guildford Press.
Hansen, J.T. (2006). Counseling theories within a postmodernist epistemology: New roles for
theories in counseling practice. Journal of Counseling and Development, 84, 291-297.
Fonagy, P., & Target, M (2003). Psychoanalytic theories: Perspectives from
developmental psychopathology. New York: Routledge. Chapters 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12.
Jordan, J. V., & Hartling, L. M. (2002). New developments in relational-cultural theory.
In M. Ballou and L. S. Brown (Eds.), Rethinking mental health and disorder (pp.
48-70). New York: The Guilford Press.
Kahn, E. & Rachman, A. W. (2000). Carl Rogers and Heinz Kohut: A timely
comparison. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 17, 294-312.
Leary, K. (2000), Racial enactments in dynamic treatment. Psychoanalytic Dialogues,
10, 639-653.
Mitchell, S. A. & Black, M.J. (1995). Freud and beyond: A history of modern
psychoanalytic thought. New York: Basic Books.
Roland, A. (1996). How universal is the psychoanalytic self? In A. Roland (Ed.),
Cultural pluralism and psychoanalysis. London: Routledge.
Smith, L. (2005). Psychotherapy, classism, and the poor: Conspicuous by their absence.
American Psychologist, 60, 687-696.
Smith, L. (2010). Psychology, poverty, and the end of social exclusion. New York:
Teachers College Press.
Wachtel, P. L. (2008). Relational theory and the practice of psychotherapy. New York:
The Guilford Press. Chapters 1-7, 12.
Empirically-supported Interventions or Evidence-based Practice
Bernal, G., Jimenez-Chafey, M. I., & Domenech Rodriguez, M. M. (2009) Cultural adaptation of
treatments: A resource for considering culture in evidence-based practice. Professional
Psychology: Research & Practice, 40, 361-368.
Kazdin, A. E. (2008). Evidence-based treatment and practice: New opportunities to
bridge clinical research and practice, enhance the knowledge base, and improve patient
care. American Psychologist, 63, 146-159.
Shedler, J. (2010). The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy. American Psychologist, 65,
98-109.
Wampold, B. E., Lichtenberg, J. W., & Waehler, C. A. (2002). Principles of empirically
supported interventions in counseling psychology. The Counseling Psychologist,
30, 197-217.
Wampold, B.E., Ahn, H., & Coleman, H.L.K. (2006). Medical model as metaphor:
Old habits die hard. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 48, 268-272.
Groups and Systems
Rioch, M. J. (1975). The work of Wilfred Bion on groups. In A. D. Colman & W. Bexton
(Eds.). (pp. 21-33). Group Relations Reader 1. Sausalito, CA: GREX
Tuckman, B. W & Jensen, M. A. C. (1977). Stages of small group development revisited. Group
& Organizational Studies, 2, (419-427).
Wells, L. (1990). The group as a whole: A systematic socioanalytic perspective on
interpersonal and group relations. In J. Gillette & M. McCollom (Eds.), Groups in Context: A
New Perspective on Group Dynamics. New York: Addison-Wesley.
Yalom, I. D. (2005). The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy. NY: Basic
Books. (5th Ed.) (Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6).
4) Ethics
American Psychological Association (2002). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of
Conduct. American Psychologist, 57, 1060-1073.
American Psychological Association. (2006, July). Guidelines for psychological
practice with girls and women: A joint task force of APA divisions 17 and 35. Retrieved
August 31, 2006. http://www.apa.org/about/division/guide.html.
American Psychological Association. (2003). Guidelines on multicultural education,
training, research, practice, and organizational change for psychologists. Retrieved
August 31, 2006. http://www.apa.org/about/division/guide.html.
American Psychological Association. (2003). Guidelines for psychological practice with
older adults. Retrieved August 31, 2006. http://www.apa.org/about/division/guide.html.
American Psychological Association. (no date). Guidelines for psychotherapy with
lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients. Retrieved August 31, 2006.
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/guidelines.html.
Bersoff, D. N. (Ed.) (2003). Ethical conflicts in psychology. Washington, D. C.: American
Psychological Association.
Kitchener, K. S. (2000). Reconceptualizing responsibilities to students: a feminist perspective. In
M. M. Brabeck (Ed.). Practicing Feminist Ethics in Psychology. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association. (pp.37-54).
Kitchener, K. S. & Anderson, S. K. (2000). Ethical issues in counseling psychology: Old themes
– new problems. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.) Handbook of Counseling
Psychology(3rd Ed) (pp. 50-82). New York: John Wiley.
Scott-Jones, D. (2000). Recruitment of Research Participants. In B. D. Sales & S.
Folkman (Eds.) Ethics in Research With Human Participants. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association. (pp. 27-34).
Seiber, J. E. (2000). Planning research: Basic ethical decision-making. In B. D. Sales &
S. Folkman (Eds.) Ethics in Research With Human Participants. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association. (pp. 13-26.).
5. Multicultural
American Psychological Association (2003). Guidelines on multicultural education, training,
research, practice, and organizational change for psychologists. American Psychologist,
58, 377-402.
Gaertner, S. L., & Dovidio, J. F. (2005). Understanding and addressing contemporary racism:
From aversive racism to the common intergroup identity model. Journal of Social Issues,
61, 615-639.
Hays Pamela A. (2007). Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: A Framework for
Clinicians and Counselors, (2nd Ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
McIntosh, P. (1998). White Privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsnack. In M. McGoldrick
(Ed.), Re-visioning family therapy: Race, culture, and gender in clinical practice. New
York: Guildford Press.
Olkin, R. (2002). Could you hold the door for me? Including disability in diversity. Cultural
Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 8, 130-137.
Sampson, E. E. (1993). Identity politics: Challenges to psychology’s understanding.
American Psychologist, 48 (12). 1219-1230.
Smedley, A., & Smedley, B. D. (2005). Race as biology is fiction, racism as a social problem is
real: Anthropological and historical perspectives on the social construction of race.
American Psychologist, 60, 16-26.
Smith, L. (2005). Psychotherapy, classism, and the poor: Conspicuous by their absence.
American Psychologist, 60, 687-696.
Sue, D. W., Capodilupo, C. M. , Torino, G. C., Bucceri, J. M., Holder, A. M. B., Nadal,
K.L. & Esquilin, M. (2007). Racial microaggressions in everyday Life. American
Psychologist, 62, (4), 271–286.
Tatum, B. D. (Spring 1992). Talking about race, learning about racism: The application of racial
identity development theory in the classroom. Harvard Educational Review, 62, 1-23,
6) Vocational
Blustein, D. L. (2006). The psychology of working. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Blustein, D. L. (2008). An emancipatory communitarian approach to vocational development,
research, and practice. The Counseling Psychologist, 33, 141-179.
Bruner, J. (1990). Acts of Meaning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Giddens, A. (1991). Modernity and self-identity: Self and society in the late modern age.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Irvine, B. A. (2010). (Re)constructing career education as a socially just practice: An antipodean
reflection. International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance, 10, 49-63.
Lerner, R. M. (2006). Developmental science, developmental systems, and
contemporary theories of human development. In R. M. Lerner (Ed.), Handbook
of child psychology, Vol. 1. Theoretical models of human development (pp. 1-17). New
York: Wiley.
Lent, R. W., & Fouad, N. A. (2011). The self as agent in social cognitive theory. In P. J. Hartung
& L. M. Subich (Eds.), Developing self in work and career (pp. 71-88). Washington, D.
C.: American Psychological Association.
Lewis, M. (1997). Altering fate: Why the past does not predict the future. New York: The
Gulford Press.
Littleton, S. M., Arthur, M. B., & Rousseau, D. M. (2000). The future of boudnaryless careers.
In ‘A. Colllin & R. A. Young (Eds.), The future of career (pp. 101-114). Cambridge,
England: Cambridge University Press.
McIlveen, P. (2009). Career development, management, and planning from the vocational
psychology perspective. In A. Collin & W. Patton (Eds.), Vocational psychology and
organizational perspectives on career: Towards a multidisciplinary dialogue (pp. 63-90).
Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Mitchell, K. E., Levin, A. S., & Krumbolgtz, J. D. (1999). Planned happenstance: Constructing
unexpected career opportunities. Journal of Counseling and Development, 77, 115-124.
Moen, P., & Roehling, . P. (2005). The career mystique: Cracks in the American dream. New
York: Rowman & Littlefield.
Phillips, S. D. (2011). Implementing self-concept: Matching, developing, and deciding. In P. J.
Hartung & L. M. Subich (Eds.), Developing self in work and career (pp. 71-88).
Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association.
Polkinghorne, D. (1988). Psychology and narrative. In D. Polkinghorne (Ed.), Narrative knowing
and the human sciences. Albany, NY: State University of New York.
Prilleltensky, I (2008).. The role of power, wellness, oppression, and liberation: The promise of
psychopolitcal validity. Journal of Community Psychology, 36(2), 116-136.
Reich, R. (2007). Supercapitalism: The transformation of business, democracy, and everyday
life.
Richardson, M. S. (2012). Counseling for work and relationship. The Counseling
Psychologist, 40(2), 190-242.
Richardson, M. S. (2012). The ongoing social construction of the counseling for work and
relationship perspective. The Counseling Psychologist, 40(2), 279-290.
Richardson, M. S., & Schaeffer, C. (in press). Expanding the discourse. In W. Patton (Ed.),
Women's working lives: Moving the boundaries of our discourse. Rotterdam: Sense
Publishers.
Rottinghaus, P. J. & Van Esbroeck, R. (2011). improving person-environment fit and selfknowledge. In P. J. Hartung & L. M Subich (Eds.), Developing self in work and career
(pp. 32-52). Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association.
Savickas, M. L. (2000). Toward a comprehensive theory of career development:
Dispositions, concerns, and narratives. In F. T. L. Leong & A. Barak (Eds.),
Contemporary models in vocational psychology: A volume in honor of Samuel H. Osipow
(pp. 305-320). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Schultheiss, D. E. P. (2007). The emergence of a relational cultural paradigm for vocational
psychology. International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance, 7, 191-201.
Super, D. E., Savickas, M.L., & Super, C. M. (1996). The life-span, life-space approach
to careers. In D. Brown, L. Brooks, & Associates (Eds.), Career choice and
development (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
7) Ethical & Professional Standards
(With particular reference to the most recent APA standards)
Ethical Principles of Psychologists
Ethical principles in the Conduct of Research with Human Participants
Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests and Manuals
Standards for Providers of Psychological Services
8) Current Theoretical & Professional Issues
(In psychology in general, and particularly in counseling psychology).
Issues that appeared in the two years previous to the exam in such professional
publications such as:
The Counseling Psychologist
American Psychologist
Journal of Counseling Psychology