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- Title
Counselling Psychology in a Canadian Context: Definition and Description.
- Authors
Bedi, Robinder P.; Haverkamp, Beth E.; Beatch, Romeo; Cave, Douglas G.; Domene, José F.; Harris, Gregory E.; Mikhail, Anne-Marie
- Abstract
Counselling psychology, established in 1987 as a specialization within Canadian professional psychology, has developed a distinctive identity and specific underlying approach to training and practice. To date, the field in Canada has evolved without benefit of a formal definition of the specialization. Over three years, a task force charged with development of a definition of Canadian counselling psychology engaged in a broad survey of extant literature and member consultation, and proposed a definition that was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Psychological Association in June 2009. The present work discusses the process that informed development of the definition, provides a description of the characteristics of a Canadian counselling psychology approach to research and practice, and enumerates challenges to the continued development of the specialization.
- Subjects
CANADA; COUNSELING psychology; APPLIED psychology; PSYCHOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL identity
- Publication
Canadian Psychology / Psychologie Canadienne, 2011, Vol 52, Issue 2, p128
- ISSN
0708-5591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1037/a0023186