The professional identity of contributors to the Journal of Counseling & Development: Does it matter?

R. K. Goodyear (2000) criticized the methodology and results of a study whi ch demonstrated that during the editorial terms of Goodyear (1984-1990) and Claiborn (1990-1993) there was a trend toward publishing articles written by psychologists as opposed to counselors in the Journal of Counseling & De velopment (JCD). The issue of journal content goes to the heart of professi onal identity The authors assert that professional affiliation of contribut ors matters less than the content of the articles published in JCD (i.e., a rticles must "speak" the language of counselors and not the language of som e other mental health professional).