COE Faculty Profile

R. Rocco Cottone, Ph.D.
Professor
Division of Counseling & Family Therapy

Email: cottone@umsl.edu
Office: 469 Marillac Hall
Phone: 314-516-6094

Education
Professor Cottone received an A.B. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and an M.Ed. from the same institution. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from St. Louis University in 1980. He is certified as a Rehabilitation Counselor by CRCC, and is certified as a family therapist by the NACFT.

Research and Teaching
My interests and the topics I enjoy teaching include social systems theory, social constructivism, marriage and family therapy, professional and ethical issues in counseling, and vocational rehabilitation theory.

Representative Publications

• Kaplan, D. M., Kocet, M. M., Cottone, R. R., et al. (2009). New mandates and imperatives in the revised ACA Code of Ethics. Journal of Counseling and Development, 87, 241-256.
• Cottone, R. R. (2007). Paradigms of counseling and psychotherapy, revisited: Is social constructivism a paradigm? Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 29, 189-203.
• Cottone, R. R. (2005). Detrimental therapist-client relationships -- Beyond thinking of "dual" or "multiple" roles: Reflections on the 2001 AAMFT Code of Ethics. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 33, 1-17.
• Cottone, R.R. (2004). Displacing the psychology of the individual in ethical decision-making: The social constructivist model. Canadian Journal of Counselling, 38, 5-13.
• Cottone, R. R. (2001). A social constructivism model of ethical decision making in counseling. Journal of Counseling & Development, 79, 39-45.
• Cottone, R.R., & Claus, R. E. (2000). Ethical decision making models in counseling: A review of the literature. Journal of Counseling & Development, 78, 275-283.
• Cottone, R.R., & Tarvydas, V.M. (2007). Counseling ethics and decision making, 3rd ed. Columbus, OH: Merrill/Prentice Hall.
• Cottone, R.R. (1992). Theories and paradigms of counseling and psychotherapy. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.