A Delphi poll of the institutional members of the Council of Counselling Psychology Training Programmes in the United States revealed anticipations regarding the future of the speciality in relation to three broad areas of contemporary concern. These included the speciality's anticipated core identity, the future role of science and research training in the speciality, and its probable developments in relation to professional training. In general, a commitment to cultural diversity and life-span development occupied pre-eminent positions in relation to the speciality's anticipated identity. Signi cant attention to methodological diversity and scienti c and professional reform were also noted within the context of continuing challenges to the speciality's identity and its future.Forecasting the future requires imagination rather than straightforward deductive reasoning, and the forecasts themselves can in uence the shape of things to come.
A Delphi poll of the institutional members of the Council of Counselling Psychology Training Programmes in the United States revealed anticipations regarding the future of the speciality in relation to three broad areas of contemporary concern. These included the speciality's anticipated core identity, the future role of science and research training in the speciality, and its probable developments in relation to professional training. In general, a commitment to cultural diversity and life-span development occupied pre-eminent positions in relation to the speciality's anticipated identity. Signi cant attention to methodological diversity and scienti c and professional reform were also noted within the context of continuing challenges to the speciality's identity and its future.Forecasting the future requires imagination rather than straightforward deductive reasoning, and the forecasts themselves can in uence the shape of things to come.
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