Year: 2001
Type: reference-entry
Abstract: Counseling psychology is a specialty field within the broader discipline of psychology. The distinctiveness of the specialty is clarified in terms of its five unifying themes: focus on intact personalities; focus on human strengths; emphasis on relatively brief interventions; emphasis on person–environment interactions; and emphasis on education, career development, and environments. In terms of basic features, counseling psychology is a doctoral level field that strongly endorses the scientist-practitioner model and pays close attention to human diversity. Typical roles and functions of counseling psychologists are noted. Regarding scientific inquiry, key research issues and topics are discussed: central methodological developments; major research findings and theories in counseling and psychotherapy; multicultural factors in counseling interventions; career development and intervention; research and theory on training in both practice and science; and the fundamental scientific emphasis on healthy functioning and human effectiveness.
Source: Elsevier eBooks
Author: C.J. Gelso
Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4245704306