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history of counseling psychology  

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  • Counseling psychology emerged as an applied specialty within the American Psychological Association (APA) in the 1940s. It has been recognized as a specialty by the APA since 1946, and this recognition was reaffirmed in 1998 when the APA initiated a new period of application for specialty recognition. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Counseling Psychology, History of]

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