Profession of Counseling Psychology

Question 1

What are 3 defining features of counseling psychology?

Answer 1

(Gelso & Fretz, 1992)
1Remedial–Assist in remedying problems (ex: crisis intervention and career counseling)
2Preventive–Outreach, attempt to circumvent or stall anticipated difficulties
3Educative and Developmental–help individuals to enhance their lives

Question 2

What are 5 unifying themes of counseling psychology?

Answer 2

(Gelso & Fretz, 1992)
1Focus on intact personalities (i.e., normals)
2 Focus on strengths, assets, and positive mental health
3Focus on relatively brief interventions
4 Focus on person-environment interactions
5 Focus on educational and career development

Question 3

What were elements of Counseling Psychology’s prenatal stage? (Gelso & Fretz, 1992)

Answer 3

focus on strengths
person-environment interaction
education and career dev't
brief interactions
intact personalities

Question 4

What marked the birth of counseling psychology?

Answer 4

(Gelso & Fretz, 1992)

1940s, in response to WWII–soldiers needed therapy and assessment, and vocational counseling after coming back from war

Question 5

What year did JCP launch?

Answer 5

1954

Question 6

What was the Childhood of counseling psychology?

Answer 6

the 1950s – training standards decided at Northwestern conference in 1951

Question 7

When was counseling psychology in adolescence?

Answer 7

1960s and 1970s

• Greyson conference (1964) noted similarities and important differences between other specializations
• RIASEC published
• some process and outcome research began
• TCP established end of 1960s

Question 8

In the 1970s counseling psychologists started practicing more outside of what?

Answer 8

counseling centers and VA hospitals (Heppner, Casas, Carter, & Stone, 2000)

Question 9

When was counseling psychology in its early adulthood?

Answer 9

1980s

• field rededicated itself to science (Heppner et al., 2000)
• counseling psychologists more active in APA
• entire JCP and TCP articles devoted to research design

Question 10

Mature adulthood

Answer 10

1990s and beyond

• market forces increased (competition; Heppner et al., 2000)
• multiculturalism
• vocational psychology takes off (Lent, 2001)
• society of vocational psychology est. 1996
• battles between D12 (clinical) D29 (psychotherapy) and D17 (counseling) surrounding EST debate

Question 11

What are some struggles within counseling psychology?

Answer 11

• Numerous programs lost (Blustein et al., 2005)
• master’s level counseling program accreditation (Jackson & Scheel, 2013)
• between a rock (clinical psych) and a growing hard place (counseling)

Question 12

What should counseling psychology do?

Answer 12

• Examine how well it is adhering to its identity (Neimeyer & Goodyear, 2005)
• deal with environmental pressures in education departments (Neimeyer & Goodyear, 2005)
• vocational counseling, prevention, social justice–stick to your roots baby (Hage, 2003)
• maintain unity as counseling psych gets more varied (Heppner et al., 2000)