Rex Stockton is the Class of 1969 Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University where he has held a wide variety of academic, administrative and professional responsibilities.  For several years he was Associate Dean in the Office of the Vice President and Dean for Research and Advanced Study.  In this capacity, he assisted in the coordination and administration of research and academic programs.  Additionally, Dr. Stockton has served as Director of the Center for Human Growth, a departmentally staffed campus/community research and counseling center.  Dr. Stockton was a long time (20 years) director of the annual Paul Munger Summer Conference for counselors at Indiana University.  This conference is a well known in-service training summer program for counselors in Indiana and neighboring states.

Over the years, Dr. Stockton has taught most of the courses in the counseling curriculum. Because of his interest in students who are beginning graduate work as well as more advanced students, he teaches a year-long counseling internship as well as an advanced practicum for doctoral students. His research team is composed of doctoral students in Counseling Psychology and master’s students in Counseling.  He has directed or participated at a senior level in a series of funded research and development studies. These studies have been designed to investigate various aspects of group dynamics, evaluate human resource delivery systems, post-secondary drop-out problems, education-to-work mechanisms, and other counselor training materials and teaching strategies with a focus on group work. Dr. Stockton has also developed a three videotape group leader training for the Association of Specialists in Group Work. The series is entitled Developmental Aspects of Group Counseling: Process, Leadership, and Supervision. It is nationally distributed by the American Association for Counseling.

He has received several major research awards for his work.  For example, he is a recipient of the American Counseling Association’s Extended Research Award and the Association for Specialists in Group Work Eminent Career Award.  Most recently, he received APA’s Division 49, the Arthur Teicher Award.  Dr. Stockton is a recipient of the Burton W. Gorman Teaching Award at Indiana University and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision’s Distinguished Mentor Award.  In addition to his research efforts, Dr. Stockton has conducted many workshops, nationally and internationally.

As well as his consulting, instructional and research activities, Dr. Stockton has held numerous offices and committee assignments in professional societies. He is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and of the American Psychological Association. He is a Certificant of the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology.  Additionally, he has served on many boards related to counseling including the American Counseling Association’s Governing Council.  He is a past president of the ACA Specialist in Group Work Division and the Research and Assessment Corporation for Counseling Inc (RACC).  Dr. Stockton has been honored for his years in professional activities, research, and instructional and clinical work by a special issue (September 2005) of the Journal of the Association for Specialists in Group Work.

Throughout his career Dr. Stockton has been active in counseling organizations at the state, national, and international level.  These activities have given him a perspective on the development of counseling globally.  Currently, he leads a project focusing on counselor training and research related to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.  More information about the International Counseling, Advocacy, Research and Education (I-CARE) project may be found by opening the following link:

I-CARE Publication:  site.educ.indiana.edu/Portals/201/I%20CARE.pdf

If you have questions about the doctoral program in counseling psychology or the admission process, please send me an e-mail at cep@indiana.edu or phone 812-856-8300.

Ed.D. in Counseling and Guidance, October 1968, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

M.A. in Psychology, May 1960, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM

B.A. in Psychology, May 1959, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM

• G624 ADV PRACT IN COUNSELNG PSYCH
• G550 INTERNSHIP IN COUNSELING

• Tang, M., Conyne, R., Heppner, P., Horne, S., Norsworthy, K., & Stockton, R. (2009) International Pioneers in Counseling Psychology: Lessons for the profession. (Submitted) The Counseling Psychologist.
• Stockton, R. & Morran, K. (2009). General Research Models. (Submitted) In R. Conyne (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Group Counseling.
• Gerstein, L., Heppner, P., Stockton, R., Leong, F., & Ægisdóttir,. S. (2009). The counseling profession in- and outside the United States. In The international handbook of cross-cultural counseling. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
• Steinfeldt, J., & Stockton, R. (2009). (Work in Progess) Social justice in group counseling: Addressing American Indian marginalization.
• Stockton, R. & Guneri, O. Counseling in Turkey: Major Developments, current status and issues. (Accepted)Journal of Counseling and Development. To be published in Winter 2010.
• Stockton, R. & Morran, K. (2009). Reflections on practitioner-researcher collaborative inquiry. (Accepted) International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. To be published in April 2010.
• Stockton, R., Garbelman, J., & Kaladow, J. (2007). The international development of counseling as a profession. (pp. 75-97) In Schweiger, W. K., Henderson, D. A., Clawson, T. W., Collins, D. R., & Nucholls, M. W. (2008). Counselor preparation: Programs, faculty, trends (12th Ed.). New York: Taylor & Francis Group & National Board for Certified Counselors. 75-97
• Stockton, R. & Nitza, A., Bhusumane, D. The Development of Professional Counseling in Botswana. (Accepted) Journal of Counseling and Development. To be published in Winter 2010.
• Stockton, R., Terry, L., & Bhusumane, D. (2007) Fundamentals of Group Work. In J. Gregoire & C. Jungers (Eds.) The Counselor's Companion: What Every Beginning Counselor Needs to Know. (pp. 274-296). New York: Taylor & Francis Routledge
• Stockton, R., & Nitza, A. (2007). Counseling in the United States. In G. McCulloch and D. Crook (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education. London: Routledge *Requested contribution
• Stockton, R. & Morran, K. (work in progress). How to succeed in a traditional culture: Lessons learned in the field.
• Whittingham, M., Stockton, R., & Morran, K. (Under revision) Ready to Hear? How Feedback Research can Inform Group Debriefing.
• Stockton, R., Morran, R. K., & Terry, L. J. (129-142) Mental health counseling groups in developing countries: The preparation of group leadership trainers, in (Ed. J. Daly) Training in Developing Nations: A Handbook for Expatriates. M.E. Sharpe Inc: Amonk, New York.
• Krieger, K. & Stockton, R. (2004). Technology and group leadership training: Teaching group counseling in an online environment. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 29, 343-359.
• Stockton, R., Kaladow, J., Clawson, T. & Smith, S. (2002). Mental health practitioners and trainees. In Mental Health, United States. (Eds. Mandersheid, R. W. & Sonnenschein, M. A.) Washington, D.C.: Center for Mental Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
• Stockton. R., Garbelman, J., Kaladow, J.K., Clawson, T., & Smith, S., (2002). Mental health practitioners and trainees (Projections for the near future). In Mental Health, United States. (Eds. Mandersheid, R. W. & Sonnenschein, M. A.) Washington, D.C.: Center for Mental Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services. (IN PRESS)
• Morran, D. K., Stockton, R., & Whittingham, M. (2004). Effective group interventions. In Handbook of Group Counseling and Psychotherapy. (Eds. De-Lucia Waack, J., Gerrity, D. & Kalonder, C.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
• Stockton, R., Morran, D. K., & Krieger, K. (2004). An overview of current research and best practices for training beginning group leaders. In Handbook of Group Counseling and Psychotherapy. (Eds. De-Lucia Waack, J, Gerrity, D., & Kalonder, C.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
• Stockton, R., Morran, D. K., & Clark, M. B. (2004). An investigation of group leaders' intentions. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 8, 196-206.