Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CORE) provides counselor educators, researchers, educators, and other mental health practitioners with outcome research and program evaluation practices for work with individuals across the lifespan. It addresses topics such as treatment efficacy, program impacts, clinical diagnostic practices, research and evaluation designs, and outcome measure reviews. This journal also serves to address ethical, legal, and cultural concerns in the assessment of dependent variables, implementation of clinical interventions, and outcome research. Manuscripts typically fall into one of the following categories:

• Counseling Outcome Research
• Outcome-Based Program Evaluation
• Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
• Outcome-Based Diagnostic Practices
• Outcome Research Design
• Outcome Measure Reviews