What is the difference between a clinical and counseling psychologist?

Answer 1

Long story short, clinical psychologists tend to deal with more abnormal psychopathology such as schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, autism, severe ADHD, and other types of chronic mental illness or personality disorders.

Counselling psychologists tend to deal more with mental health issues in a more normally functioning population, dealing with problems such as depression, anxiety, stress and people having difficulty coping with human diversity (women's studies, gender issues, homosexuality, bisexuality, minority and cross-culture Psychology, etc.).

That said, there is a great deal of overlap between the two subspecialties; there have been studies regarding merging them.

Please see the link below for a article written by a Professor of Pschology.

It discusses the similarities and differences at length.

Answer 2

Long story short, clinical psychologists tend to deal with more abnormal psychopathology such as schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, autism, severe ADHD, and other types of chronic mental illness or personality disorders.

Counselling psychologists tend to deal more with mental health issues in a more normally functioning population, dealing with problems such as depression, anxiety, stress and people having difficulty coping with human diversity (women's studies, gender issues, homosexuality, bisexuality, minority and cross-culture psychology, etc.).

That said, there is a great deal of overlap between the two subspecialties; there have been studies regarding merging them.

Please see the link below for a article written by a Professor of Pschology.

It discusses the similarities and differences at length.

Answer 3

Clinical •They work to reduce psychological distress and enhance and promote psychological well being.

•Curing long term patients and releasing them back into the community.

•Reviewing a patients needs and curing them in the best way possible.
•Are usually trained in one or a few areas

Counseling

•focus more on the psychologically healthy individual

•Can hold positions as academic administrators and can teach at a college level

•Can do group, family and individual therapy
•They are trained in in a wide variety of skills

Answer 4

oth counseling and clinical psychologists compete for the same APA approved internship sites.

Both get the same license (i.e. psychologist).

Both take largely the same coursework.

Both complete dissertations.

There is research involved in both types of programs (i.e., clinical and counseling psychology). Experimental psychology, however, is heavily focused on research (much more so than either clinical or counseling programs).

If you're interested in foregoing the majority of the research portion, you will want to consider a Psy.D. (doctorate in professional psychology). It is more heavily focused on applied psych.

Answer 5

Clinical psychologists tend to work with individuals experiencing more severe mental health issues, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, and often work in hospitals or clinics. Counseling psychologists typically work with individuals experiencing less severe mental health issues, like stress or relationship problems, and commonly work in private practice or university counseling centers.

Answer 6

Counseling psychologists focus on a wellness model and generally work with clients who have less severe mental illness.

Answer 7

Counseling psychologists focus on a wellness model and generally work with clients who have less severe mental illness.