Open AccessResearch Focused on Doctoral-Level Counselor Education: A Scoping Review
Author(s) -
Gideon Litherland,
Gretchen Schulthes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the professional counselor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2164-3989
DOI - 10.15241/gl.10.4.414
Subject(s) - counselor education , scholarship , psycinfo , medical education , accreditation , psychology , pedagogy , higher education , medline , medicine , political science , law
The aim of this study was to develop an understanding of the research scholarship focused on doctoral-level counselor education. Using the 2016 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) doctoral standards as a frame to understand coverage of the research, we employed a scoping review methodology across four databases: ERIC, GaleOneFile, PsycINFO, and PubMed. Research between 2005 and 2019 was examined which resulted in identification of 39 articles covering at least one of the 2016 CACREP doctoral core areas. Implications for counseling researchers and counselor educators are discussed. This scoping research demonstrates the limited corpus of research on doctoral-level counselor education and highlights the need for future, organized scholarship.