Writing and Publishing Your Thesis, Dissertation, and Research: A Guide for the Helping Professions Student

Book Description
This book provides masters and doctoral students with an in-depth and comprehensive guide to the process of writing a thesis or dissertation. It breaks down this often foreboding and overwhelming goal into achievable steps, presenting models that prepare readers for each stage of the process. Within each step, the authors supply all the tools and detailed instructions necessary for the successful completion of a thesis or dissertation. Along the way, the book offers readers skills and techniques that can help them cope more effectively with the psychological or emotional blocks that often get in the way of accomplishing their goal.

About the Author
Dr. P. Paul Heppner is full professor in the Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has been a member of the counseling psychology program since 1979. During this time, he has held a number of roles within the counseling psychology program, including numerous years as the Director of Training. Currently, he is Co-Director for the Center for Multicultural Research, Training, and Consultation as well as Chair of the Department. Dr. Heppner developed a course in scientific writing, which served as the inspiration for the present book. He has also received many awards, including the Kemper Award for Outstanding Teaching, the Middlebush Chair for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Faculty Diversity Enhancement Award, as well as the Fulbright Fellowships three times in Sweden, Ireland, and most recently Taiwan. He recently completed his six-year term as editor of THE COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST. He is the author of over 100 publications, including four books. Most recently, he co-authored RESEARCH DESIGN IN COUNSELING, Second Edition (Brooks/Cole, 1999), which is an excellent companion for WRITING AND PUBLISHING YOUR THESIS, DISSERTATION, AND RESEARCH: A GUIDE FOR THE HELPING PROFESSIONS STUDENT.


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Two experienced instructors of thesis and dissertation writing provide examples from actual students and their theses and dissertations to illustrate in detail how to write each section. Also examined are the affective issues that can impede students' progress, with detailed suggestions on how to deal with them effectively. Suitable for students of counseling psychology, counseling education, clinical psychology, and other behavioral and social sciences. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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