Editors’ Reflections on the Crown Jewel of the Society of Counseling Psychology: 1969–2019

In this article, a diverse group of early, mid, and advanced career scholars call for counseling psychology to continue to evolve in our integration of social justice action in our field. In doing so, we first consider our history as proponents and enactors of social justice, highlighting the ways in which counseling psychologists have served as social justice leaders in psychology. We then discuss our field’s contemporary challenges to, and opportunities for, social justice progress as we work toward equity and justice. Finally, we offer recommendations for counseling psychologists individually and as a field to move forward in our social justice action. Given our longstanding social justice values and our unique training as counseling psychologists, if we aim with intentionality to use our skills toward systems change, counseling psychologists are poised to have a strong and proactive role as social change agents within psychology and society at large.

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Social Justice in Counseling Psychology: Then, Now, and Looking Forward

DeBlaere

Singh

Wilcox

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“…His leadership roles also included president (1965)(1966) of the rehabilitation counseling division of the American Personnel and Guidance Association (now known as the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association and the American Counseling Association, respectively), and president of the Division of Counseling Psychology (1968)(1969). The Counseling Psychologist was initiated during his Division 17 presidency (Buki et al, 2019). His presidential focus on serving the people society marginalized, rather than just the people counseling psychologists are comfortable working with, is as relevant today as it was over a quarter century ago.…”

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In Memoriam: John F. McGowan: Professional Pioneer and War Hero

Heesacker

Elliott

2023

“…Fouad (2007A. Fouad ( -2013, and Lydia P. Buki (2013Buki ( -2019 share their experiences in leading TCP (Buki et al, 2019 [in this issue]). It is unfortunate that Drs.…”

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The Past and the Future of The Counseling Psychologist

Kim

2019

In this article, I describe the development of The Counseling Psychologist since its founding in 1969 and the ways in which counseling psychologists can further promote the future growth of TCP. Also, in an attempt to forecast the future articles published in TCP, I conducted an exploratory content analysis of the Major Contributions published between 1969 and 2018 and a Delphi poll with expert counseling psychologists and I describe the results in this article.