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What are your expectations from this Clinical Psych class or
from your educator?
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Definition
The term clinical psychology was first used in print by
Lightner Witmer in 1907.
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The field of Clinical Psychology integrates science, theory,
and practice to understand, predict, and alleviate
maladjustment, disability, and discomfort as well as to
promote human adaptation, adjustment, and personal
development.
It focuses on the intellectual, emotional, biological,
psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of human
functioning across the life span, in varying cultures, and at
all socioeconomic levels. (APA, 2012a)
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The Scientist-Practitioner (Boulder) Model
Training in clinical psychology should jointly emphasize both practice
and research.
- training and display competence in the application of clinical
methods (assessment, psychotherapy, etc.)
- research methods necessary to study and evaluate the field
scientifically.
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The Practitioner-Scholar (Vail) Model
Place less emphasis on research-related aspects of training and more
emphasis on clinically relevant aspects of training.
The Clinical Scientist Model
Has a very strong emphasis on the scientific method and evidence-based
clinical methods.
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How to be a clinical psychologist?
- Holds at least a master’s degree in psychology
- Has undergone a minimum of two hundred (200) hours of
supervised practicum/internship/clinical experience.
- Has successfully passed the board examinations.
Once licensed, clinical psychologists must accumulate
continuing professional development units (CPDs).
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What do clinical psychologists do?
Clinical psychologists are engaged in an enormous range
of professional activities, but psychotherapy is foremost.
Many are also involved in each of the following activities:
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diagnosis/ assessment
- teaching
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supervision
- research/writing
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consultation
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Difference of Clinical psychologists from..
Counseling Psychologists
Compared with counseling psychologists, clinical psychologists still
tend to work with more seriously disturbed populations and,
correspondingly, tend to work and complete internships more often in
settings such as hospitals and inpatient psychiatric units.
Clinical psychologists tend to endorse behaviorism more strongly, and
counseling psychologists tend to endorse humanistic/client-centered
approaches more strongly.
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Difference of Clinical psychologists from..
Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists go to medical school and are licensed as physicians. So, they
are allowed to prescribe medication.
Clinical psychologists view clients’ problems as behavioral, cognitive,
emotional—still stemming from brain activity, of course, but amenable to
change via nonpharmacological methods.
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Difference of Clinical psychologists from..
Social Workers
Traditionally, social workers have focused their work on the interaction
between an individual and the components of society that may contribute
to or alleviate the individual’s problems.
They also helped their clients by connecting them with social services,
such as welfare agencies, disability offices, or job-training sites.
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Difference of Clinical psychologists from..
School Psychologists
School psychologists’ primary function is to enhance the intellectual,
emotional, social, and developmental lives of students.
Professional Counselors
Professional counselors’ work generally involves counseling of people with
problems in living or mild mental illness.
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