Could someone outline the broad differences between Clinical and Counselling Psychology?
The ideological differences between these two major schools of study are collapsing. Traditionally, counseling psychologists focused more on preventive than on secondary and tertiary treatment. Clnical psychologists, on the other hand, were more focused on secondary/teriatry (with little focus on prevention). Counseling psychologists were thought to see more of the “worried well” (neurotic folks) while clinical psychologists were thought to be more apt to see the more seriously mentally ill (e.g., schizophrenics). In reality, both clinical and counseling psychologists treated a variety of patients (both with serious and not-as-serious issues). The differences between the two were largely seen only in the ivory towers of academia (where both clinical and counseling psychologists were trained) rather than in the trenches of actual treatment out in the working world. In recent years, the “gulf” between clinical and counseling psychology has become more of a trickle. The bottom line, is th
