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definition of counseling psychology  

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  • Division 17 of the American Psychological Association (ARA), known today as the Society of Counseling Psychology, has endured several challenges in formulating and refining a description of what defines it as a specialty. Prior to the creation of Division 17, the core of counseling as a profession had primarily been in vocational guidance. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Counseling Psychology, Definition of]

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