Clinical and counseling psychology: A study of roles and functions

Defines similarities and differences between clinical and counseling psychology in terms of the relevance of 50 professional activities for these specialties. Perceptions of professional roles and of each other's professional roles were examined in a survey of 84 clinical psychologist academicians, 64 counseling psychologist academicians, 248 clinical psychologist intern supervisors, and 50 counseling psychologist intern supervisors. Ss responded on a 7-point rating scale about the relevance of each of 50 professional activities for defining the professional roles of the 2 specialties. Some clear differences as well as some areas of overlap between the 2 specialties emerged. Most of the differences between them concerned activities associated with one or the other extreme of the normality-pathology continuum. Areas of overlap between the 2 specialties concerned professional activities associated with the middle range of that continuum. (16 ref)