A Counselor's Guide to the Dissertation Process: Where to Start & How to Finish - Softcover

Brandé Flamez; A. Stephen Lenz; Richard S. Balkin; Robert L. Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556203594 ISBN 13: 9781556203596

Publisher: Amer Counseling Assn, 2018

Synopsis

This engaging book not only offers step-by-step guidance on planning, writing, and defending a dissertation but also helps create a beginning-to-end process that is meaningful, rewarding, and exciting. Each chapter answers commonly asked questions, contains a checklist for each part of the dissertation, provides a summary of key points, and lists additional resources. Topics addressed include tips for staying motivated, time management, and self-care; selecting a dissertation committee and narrowing down the topic; writing a proposal; preparing the literature review; creating the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions; understanding research methodology and ethics; collecting and analyzing data; presenting results; and best of all-publishing a dissertation.

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Review

This book will help doctoral students in counselor education programs navigate the difficult waters of moving beyond 'ABD' to graduation. The authors demystify the dissertation process and illustrate how to avoid common pitfalls, stay on track, and successfully complete a dissertation. Students and their faculty will benefit from this easy-to-follow and fun guide for getting it done! --Kelly Coker, PhD

This is exactly the kind of resource that every counseling doctoral student needs to be successful. The authors bring their wealth of experience to a book that is sure to inform, encourage, and guide students through their dissertation journeys. A true gem for counseling students and educators! --Thelma Duffey, PhD

This book offers a balanced and highly pragmatic stance toward the entire dissertation process, from conception of the research topic to dissemination of results to effect social change. Most helpful is a reminder that successful completion of the dissertation requires attention to the personal wellness of the doctoral student as a human being. --David M. Kleist, PhD

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Counseling Assn
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1556203594
• ISBN 13: 9781556203596
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 232