Counselor Licensure as Perceived by Counselors and Psychologists

Snow, Brent M.

doi:10.1002/j.2164-4918.1981.tb00645.x

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“…Historically, licensed professional counselors have tried to align themselves with clinical psychologists, but psychologists have rebuffed them (Snow, 1981), much the same way psychiatrists have rebuffed psychologists via strong lobbying by professional associations (Pertschuk & Correia, 1983;Wiggins, Bennett, Batchelor, & West, 1983;Zaro, Batchelor, Ginsberg, & Pallak, 1982).…”

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Potential clients' beliefs about the relative competency and caring of psychologists: Implications for the profession

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To assess the extent to which the results reported by Warner and Bradley (1991) can be generalized beyond the population of undergraduate psychology students, 132 adults in the metropolitan Harrisburg area were asked to evaluate the competency and traits of clinical psychologists, licensed professional counselors, and psychiatrists. Results indicated that the general public believed counselors to be more caring than psychologists and psychiatrists. All three professional groups were perceived to be comparable in their ability to treat the least severe disorders. Licensed counselors were perceived to be most competent to treat disorders rated by the subjects as moderately severe, comparable in competence to clinical psychologists for adjustment disorders, and comparable to psychiatrists for marital problems. Psychiatrists and psychologists were considered the most competent to treat the most severe disorder, major depression. The results indicate that while clinical psychologists often were viewed as competent, they were not viewed as the single practitioner of choice for any diagnostic classification, nor were they noted to have positive character traits.

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“…The focus on activities to be allowed in a private practice licensing law was part of a larger study (Snow, 1978(Snow, , 1981 dealing with counselor and psychologist perceptions of counselor licensure. The participants in the study were members of the Idaho Personnel and Guidance Association (IPGA) and the Idaho Psychological Association (IPA).…”

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Counselor Licensure: What Activities Should Be Allowed?

Snow

1982

Couns Edu & Supervision

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This article summarizes the perceptions of counselors and psychologists regarding activities that should be included in a counselor licensing law for private. independent practice.The emphasis on counselor licensure during the 1970s brought with it a need for counselors to define counseling and the specific activities that they perform. Licensing laws and the practices they describe attempt to define and set the legal parameters of a profession in rather specific terms. The relative lateness of counselors pursuing licensure has resulted in some problems and rigorous debates over just what those parameters are, particularly in relation to psychology. The fact that most state legislation defining psychology literally covers all functions of a counselor (APGA, 1975) has done a great deal to keep counselors scrambling over turf.In the past, counselors and psychologists generally have had cooperative relationships relative to licensure. Individuals with doctoral degrees in counseling were routinely licensed as psychologists. Those without academic credentials necessary for licensure quite often established private practices without calling themselves psychologists. Psychology licensing appeared actually to be certification in that the title tended to be controlled rather than both the title and practice. Recently psychology licensing boards have become more restrictive relative to credentials, however, and have taken conservative positions relative to those who practice psychology. The 1970s, for example, found doctoraltrained counselors taken to court for practicing "psychology" without licenses (Snow, 1978). One Virginia court held that if a counselor used the "tools of psychology" without being licensed as a psychologist, that person was violating the Virginia psychology licensing law. Essentially, the court said that counseling was a separate profession from psychology, thus requiring separate legislation (Swanson,

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“…Three studies have presented opinions of counseling professionals on the issue of licensure. These included the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) study (Carrol, Griggs, & Halligan, 1977), Swanson's (1981) research with Oregon counselors (conducted in 1978), and Snow's (1981) work, which included opinions of both psychologists and counselors. In general, these studies were oriented toward assessing counselor interest in and support for licensure, discerning which tools professionals preferred for determining competency, and discovering what issues and consequences counselors perceived with respect to licensure.…”

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“…In general, Swanson's respondents supported counselor credentialing and saw a master's degree, a continuing education requirement, and supervised practice as important aspects of a regulatory law. Snow's (1981) study of Idaho counselors and psychologists also indicated support for licensure, with most respondents viewing a master's degree plus supervised experience as being minimum requirements for licensure. In this study respondents revealed no strong consensus on the relative importance of evaluative tools (e.g., exams, tapes of actual work, degrees).…”

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Counselor Awareness of the Consequences of Certification and Licensure

Alberding¹,

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Patnoe

1993

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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In the decade since professional counselor regulation was widely debated, more than half of the states have legislated regulation, and it is sought in others. The extent to which counselors in a state currently pursuing legislation are familiar with potential consequences of legislated regulation was examined. Most counselors were found to be unfamiliar with potential negative consequences of regulation, and most were desirous of more information regarding these issues. Implications of the findings for the profession are presented.

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Counselor Licensure as Perceived by Counselors and Psychologists

Abstract: This article reports the results of a survey that elicited the responses of counselors and psychologists to six licensure issues.

Cited by 8 publications

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Potential clients' beliefs about the relative competency and caring of psychologists: Implications for the profession

Potential clients' beliefs about the relative competency and caring of psychologists: Implications for the profession

Counselor Licensure: What Activities Should Be Allowed?

Counselor Awareness of the Consequences of Certification and Licensure

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