Counseling Master's Training, Doctoral Training, and other pathways

Master’s education issues

Issue of competency, Many master’s programs act as cashcows for institutions, and professionals ignor master’s psychology education.

What are two Bias held against master’s level practitioners

theres a market glut (a lot yet saturated) of practitioners and they are threatening the livelihood and/or income of doctoral level psychologist.

Clinical Psychology (ph.d, psy.d)

Focused on illness, and deficits, employs medical model of diagnosis and treatment, works inpatient setting, does not focus on vocational issues, employs long term psychodynamic and analytic treatments.

Psychiatry, M.d., Ph.d

Trained as medical doctors, employs medical model of diagnosis and treatment, less focused on research and psychotherapy, primarily role is psychopharmacological.

Social Work, MSW, LCSW

Employs system approach to clinical work, does not conduct reserach or vocational issues, can work with psychiatric patients but not prescribe meds, trained to the master’s level with varying levels of experiences needed for certification

School Psychology, M.A., Ph. D

Training focuses on child and adolescent development and family intervention, focus on assessment, academic, and personal adjustment w/ students, serve as advocates for students and families, can be trained at masters or Ph.D level

Community Psychology

Advocacy

Industrial/Organization Psychology

Consulting

Pastoral/Christian counseling

Clinical and spiritual

Sports Psychology

Consulting with athletics