Hi!
I'm wondering if there are any articles or literature out there that state that counseling psychologists and guidance counselors are similar? Or that they go through similar tasks?
Particularly with regard to the types of clients they handle, or their approach, or their tasks within the workplace (eg. do counselors do more paperwork?).
Anything like that.
Thank you!
The two disciplines may share similar tasks, but their identities, traing and education are different
I'd recommend looking for articles specifically addressing "professional identity". While counseling psychologists and clinical therapists/counselors often work with similar client populations, their outlook and approach to dealing with the popultion is notably different.
In a relatively synopsized version, counseling psychologists tend to work with clientele from a more scientific perspective, using a lens primarily oriented around assessment and psychopathology. The training required to become a counseling psychologist is also usually more time and labor intensive.
In regards to being a counselor/therapist, their approach is primarily influenced or categorized as an educational approach. Their training and education is primarily focused on teaching the client.
There are numerous similarities between the two professional identities and many programs at overlap each other in terms of their pre-requisites or course goals.
I'd say that clinical psychologists tend to view the world/clients from a slightly more scientific/empirical/concrete/assessment perspective while counselors tend to be more phenomenological/teaching/educational/subjective perspective.
As previously suggested, a good article regarding the professional identity of Counseling Psychologists is Fouad et al's (2004).
Article Houston, 2001: Context and Legacy
As we all know that psychology is the reflection of our mind & with our inner urge & the development of our psychic environment in the line with our experience,training thru the help of power of prayer & meditation with the breathing will may developed & energy force of the power of within & also with our intuition power counselling of psychology may certainly prove to be a right type of psychic tech .
Guidance Counselor is not only related to the psychologist but it relates to quite many areas which we may be required to under go in our working environment .
This is my personal opinion
Counseling Psychologists come from the discipline of Psychology (Counseling Psychology pertains to Division 17 in American Psychological Association structure).
My understanding is that there is a trend to de-pathologize mental health and so Counseling Psychology aligns itself to a less clinical approach in providing mental healthcare. The perspective is more towards wellness, positive psychology and prevention.
Guidance Counselors typically come from the discipline of Counseling with separate education and experiential requirements. Typically they work in K-12 schools in the U.S. to do academic advising. They refer to mental health counselors for any mental health concerns of students.
Counseling itself is premised on a worldview of holistic wellness, client empowerment and strengths-based approaches to achieving mental, emotional and educational wellbeing.
Here in the UK, counsellors do not focus as much on education nor work as much in an educational setting as they would in the US from what I gather. When I was a counsellor I worked in a youth counselling service, age 17 to 21, in a Women's Centre and in a Youth Offenders' Institution.
In the IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) service where I now work there are counsellors and clinical psychologists and counselling psychologists as well as CBT therapists seeing the same client group: primary care from age 17 upwards.
Have a look at the websites for the various websites of the professional bodies here in the UK: UKCP, BABCP, BPS and BACP to get a flavour of the training requirements and outlook.
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I also agree with some answers. It is the same disciplines, but different degree of education. Reminds that counselor can be others professional who has been trained(ex: Social worker, teacher, nurse..etc.
Completely dependent on in which country the question is asked!
Hi everyone and thank you for you answers!
Sam Steen:
Yes, it is meant to be in a school setting. :)
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