A history of Division 13 initiatives on education and training in consulting psychology.

Abstract

Arguably, the Division of Consulting Psychology (Division 13) holds seniority status among the growing numbers of American Psychological Association (APA) divisions. Moreover, Division 13 inherits a specific challenge from APA founders: to identify and ascertain which psychologists are qualified to perform as consulting psychologists. APA's 1915 Whiple Resolution first called attention to the need to differentiate professionally qualified psychological examiners and experts from consultants without scientific psychological knowledge and experience who were offering services and opinions for public consumption. The process involved identifying salient knowledge and literature, conducting demographic surveys, determining important training experiences and career settings, and cataloging types of clients and services. Interest in working as a consulting psychologist intensified division efforts to complete and disseminate guidelines for doctoral programs in consulting psychology.

Content analysis of Consulting psychology journal: Practice and research (Volumes 44-59).

“…Initially, consulting psychologists could subscribe to the Division 13 Newsletter to keep current. In 1982, the Newsletter became the Consulting Psychology Bulletin (Hellkamp, 1993), and in 1992 the Consulting Psychology Bulletin was relaunched as the Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research under founding Editor H. Skipton Leonard (O'Roark, 1999).…”

Consulting psychology: A vision for the new millennium?

“…Hammer and Stanton (1995), in their book The Re-engineering Revolution, made the point that all change is loss and requires grieving, but if you believe you can't change, you won't change and then you become the loss! Freedman (2000), O'Roark (1999), and Diedrich (1996) have provided commentary in this area.…”

The best of consulting psychology 1900-2000: Insider perspectives.

“…The Society of Consulting Psychology (SCP), APA Division 13, will complete a full century of professional efforts to define and advance the practice of CP in the year 2015 (Hellkamp, 1993;Hellkamp & Morgan, 1990;O'Roark, 1999;Rigby, 1992Rigby, , 1996. Scholarly activities by psychologists interested in advancing consulting gradually became sufficiently numerous to establish a knowledge and literature base specific to CP (Kurpius, 1978).…”