WHY COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY?
Counseling psychology is a licensed, health-service specialty within the field of applied-professional psychology. As an area of applied-professional psychology, counseling psychology has been shaped by values that give priority to interventions which foster psychological health and adaptive development. While practically speaking, clinical and counseling psychologists both provide psychotherapy, training in counseling psychology has historically been driven by a focus on normative development (more on the similarities and differences between counseling and clinical psychology). As scientist-practitioners, you will be trained to develop critical thinking skills, objectivity, and a hypothesis-testing approach to human problems which applies science to the practice of psychology. You should expect to be trained to engage in research and to provide psychotherapy, assessment, and supervision. The integration of scientific inquiry and competent practice is achieved through a sequence of cou
