Counseling

Reference resources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks, can provide valuable information about counseling-related topics. These resources are most useful when you need to find historical or contextual information about a topic, define terms or ideas, or understand how research is designed / conducted on a specific concept over time. 

OU Libraries have many reference resources that are relevant to counseling-related topics -- you can use Library OneSearch to discover what's available online and in print. These resources, though, have perhaps the widest applicability across counseling topics:

Encyclopedias

• ACA Encyclopedia of Counseling
• Encyclopedia of Counseling
• Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy
• Encyclopedia of Cross-cultural School Psychology 
• Sage Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Dictionaries

• Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories
• Penguin Dictionary of Psychology
• The Counseling Dictionary

Handbooks

• Handbook for Social Justice in Counseling Psychology: Leadership, Vision, and Action
• Handbook of Counseling and Counselor Education
• Handbook of Crisis Counseling, Intervention, and Prevention in the Schools
• Handbook of Innovative Career Counseling 
• Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology
• New Handbook of Counseling Supervision
• Online Counseling: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals