Professional Issues in Counseling On-Line Journal

Professional Issues in Counseling is an on-line journal supported by the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling at Sam Houston State University. The journal publishes manuscripts that report, synthesize, review or analyze scholarly inquiry on current professional issues in the field of counseling. The Editors invite counselor educators, supervisors, practitioners, and counseling students to submit manuscripts regarding current professional issues in counseling.

Call for Manuscripts / Publication Guidelines

1. All articles should follow The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) Fifth Edition format. If an individual is from a country other than the United States and is unfamiliar with this publication style, the editors will assist the author in formatting the manuscript in APA style if the manuscript is accepted for publication. Because html formatting is slightly different from that of regular paper publishing, the APA style will be followed as closely as possible. Identations, spacing, and foot noting may vary in this journal. All manuscripts, graphics, and graphs should be composed in html format if possible. Tables should be inserted in the text and must be created using the table format in Word or Wordperfect.
2. Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced, titled, and should be approximately 1200 to 3000 words in length. Pertinent photographs, charts, or graphs should accompany the manuscript.
3. Manuscripts submitted should be previously unpublished and not under consideraton by another publication.
4. Include a brief biography of each author of the paper and an address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
5. Manuscripts may be e-mailed to the Editor at edu_msn@shsu.edu or snail mailed to (If mailed by regular mail, the author should submit the manuscript on MSWord 6.0): Dr. Mary Nichter
   Sam Houston State University
   Box 2119
   Huntsville, Texas 77341-2119
   Telephone:(936)294-3858; FAX: (936)294-3886