| Discipline | Humanistic psychology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Linwood Vereen |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | SPATE: Journal of Student Personnel Association for Teacher Education; The Humanist Educator; The Journal of Humanistic Education and Development; The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development |
| History | 1961-present |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Counseling Association |
| Frequency | Biannual |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Humanist. Couns. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 2159-0311 (print) 2161-1939 (web) |
| LCCN | 2010203764 |
| OCLC no. | 774112610 |
| Links | |
The Journal of Humanistic Counseling is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Association for Humanistic Counseling, a division of the American Counseling Association. The editor-in-chief is Linwood Vereen (Shippensburg University). The journal focuses on humanistic counseling and development and the promotion of toleration, diversity, and human rights.
History
The journal was established in 1961 as SPATE: Journal of Student Personnel Association for Teacher Education, a name it retained until 1975. It was then subsequently known as The Humanist Educator (1975–1982), The Journal of Humanistic Education and Development (1982–1999), and The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development (1999–2010). It obtained its current name in 2011.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Academic Search Complete
- Education Research Complete
- Education Resources Information Center
- Higher Education Abstracts
- Scopus