Research Article

Overlap among clinical, counseling, and school psychology: Implications for the profession and Combined-Integrated training

  1. Harriet C. Cobb1,*,
  2. Ronald E. Reeve2,
  3. Craig N. Shealy1,
  4. John C. Norcross3,
  5. Mitchell L. Schare4,
  6. Emil R. Rodolfa5,
  7. David S. Hargrove6,
  8. Judy E. Hall7,
  9. Mardi Allen8

Article first published online: 21 JUL 2004

DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20028

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Journal of Clinical Psychology

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Special Issue: The Consensus Conference and Combined-Integrated Model of Doctoral Training in Professional Psychology (Part 1)

Volume 60, Issue 9, pages 939–955, September 2004

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Cobb, H. C., Reeve, R. E., Shealy, C. N., Norcross, J. C., Schare, M. L., Rodolfa, E. R., Hargrove, D. S., Hall, J. E. and Allen, M. (2004), Overlap among clinical, counseling, and school psychology: Implications for the profession and Combined-Integrated training. J. Clin. Psychol., 60: 939–955. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20028

Author Information

  1. 1

    James Madison University

  2. 2

    University of Virginia

  3. 3

    University of Scranton

  4. 4

    Hofstra University

  5. 5

    University of California–Davis

  6. 6

    University of Mississippi

  7. 7

    National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology

  8. 8

    Mississippi State Department of Mental Health

*Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University, MSC 7401, Harrisonburg, VA 22807; e-mail: cobbhc@jmu.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 AUG 2004
  2. Article first published online: 21 JUL 2004

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Abstract

Health care providers within psychology currently fall into three dominant practice areas: clinical, counseling, and school psychology. This article reviews data from four different sources—archival descriptions, training curricula, internship and employment outcomes, and professional activities—to examine the overlap among the three practice areas. Archival descriptions revealed substantial similarities, with smaller but interesting differences. A comparison of actual curricula from 10 programs accredited in each of the three practice areas yielded similar findings: Programs across the three practice areas were much more similar than different. Within-practice area variations among programs were nearly as large as across-practice area differences. We briefly review the professional activities of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists, again demonstrating considerable similarity. We conclude by explaining implications for doctoral training programs, internships settings, and professional credentialing. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol.

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