Where to Start - Counseling Research

This guide provides you with a list of databases, journals, and more to support your counseling research. 

Article Databases

Featured Resource

Counseling and Therapy in Video

For more focused research, use one of the recommended databases listed below.

• Counseling and Therapy in Video
• Diversity Studies Collection
• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
• Films on Demand
• Gender Studies Collection
• Job and Career Accelerator
• Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests In Print
• Philosopher's Index with Full Text
• ProQuest
• PsycARTICLES (APA)
• PsychiatryOnline
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
• Psychology Collection
• PsycINFO (APA)
• PsycTESTS (APA)
• ScienceDirect
• SocINDEX
• Vocational & Career Collection

MORE: A to Z Database List, Guide to Databases

Database Guides

• Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print Database and Citation Guide 
• PsycINFO (APA) Code Classification System 

Scholarly Journals by Subject (BrowZine)

• Applied Psychology
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Cross Cultural Psychology & Diversity
• Developmental Psychology
• Psychotherapeutic Interventions
• Neuropsychology

Selected Internet Resources

• American Counseling Association (ACA)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Careers in Psychology.Org: How to Become a Licensed Counselor in Texas
• Psi Chi
• Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors