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counseling psychology  

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  • A branch of applied psychology with its roots in the vocational guidance and veterans' services movements of the early and mid 20th century. Counseling psychology emphasizes the scientist-practitioner model of training and has contemporary emphases in the following areas: counseling and psychotherapy, positive psychology, life-span development, vocational development, health psychology, and cultural factors. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Counseling Psychology]

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