What is the difference between the Counselling Psychology Program and a Clinical Psychology Program, Educational Psychology, or Social Work Program?
In general, counselling psychology deals with more intact personalities and more “normal” problems, has a focus on people’s strengths and assets, uses relatively brief interventions, emphasizes person-environment interactions, deals with educational and career development, and practitioners tend to work in educational and community settings as counsellors. In our program, there is an emphasis on learning specific individual and group counselling intervention skills and all courses are taught from a social justice perspective. In contrast, clinical psychology deals with more abnormal or maladaptive behaviour, with greater attention being paid to underlying pathology, a tendency toward longer treatment, and clinicians tend to work in in-patient psychiatric and hospital settings. At the same time, there is a great deal of overlap between the two disciplines. Educational Psychology/Special Education deals with learning theory, child development, and students with special needs. Graduates t
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