issues and concerns in Master's-level training and employment

Trent, James T.

doi:10.1002/1097-4679(199307)49:4<586::aid-jclp2270490417>3.0.co;2-c

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“…Clinical mental health counselors performed as well as clinical psychologists across both tasks and both cases, although counselors found the tasks slightly more difficult than did psychologists. Previous studies concluded that master's-level practitioners spend the majority of their professional time in direct service delivery (Robiner, Arbisi, & Edwall, 1994;Trent, 1993;Watkins, Campbell, & McGregor, 1989) and thus could be expected to have competency in the case management skills assessed in this study. For common outpatient disorders, then, client assessment and treatment planning seems well within the scope of master'slevel clinicians.…”

Section: Implications For Training and Practicementioning

confidence: 88%

Clinical Judgment in Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning Across Mental Health Disciplines

Falvey

2001

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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This study compared clinical judgment on case conceptualization and treatment planning (TP) tasks among psychologists, mental health counselors, and social workers using Clinical Treatment Planning Simulations depicting anxiety and affective disorders. Orientation and work setting did not significantly influence judgment; experience exerted a “modest” curvilinear effect Mental health counselors scored higher than social workers and similar to psychologists on both tasks. The best predictors of TP scores for the anxiety disorder were interventions addressing stress management and family dynamics; strong predictors for the affective disorder included focus on family dynamics and the therapeutic relationship. Implications of findings for training are discussed.

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Section: Implications For Training and Practicementioning

confidence: 88%

Clinical Judgment in Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning Across Mental Health Disciplines

Falvey

2001

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…Master's-level providers, in the private sector, were then left to seek the credential of a psychological examiner and/or associate. Although these individuals were functioning within the range of APA's earlier stated expectations (see APA Committee on Subdoctoral Education, 1955), there was a growing dissatisfaction with the limitations of that particular license (Trent, 1993). Many master's-level practitioners felt indentured to their supervising psychologists, who were enjoying handsome incomes from the services provided by the supervisee.…”

Section: Social and Political Factorsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Counseling Psychology’s Ambivalent Relationship with Master’s-Level Training

McPherson

Pisecco

Elman

et al. 2000

The Counseling Psychologist

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Inspired by efforts by those who seek to redefine the practice of psychology as a master'slevel specialty, the authors examine counseling psychology's heightened ambivalence regarding master's-level training. First, they present a historical review of this issue. Next, they discuss current social and political pressures that, they suggest, have resulted in renewed tensions in the training of master's-level practitioners for the field of counseling psychology. They conclude with specific recommendations regarding the manner in which counseling psychology should (a) train master '-level providers, (b) attempt to document the added value doctoral training, and (c) politically respond to this issue.Within the American Psychological Association (APA), the master'sversus doctoral-level issue has traditionally been conceptualized as a debate regarding the allocation of responsibilities. Although the field of psychology has at times varied in its stance, there is a great deal of consistency with the position that (a) master's-level professionals should work under the supervision of psychologists and be assigned duties commensurate with their education and (b) that the doctorate is the requisite degree for the title of psychologist and independent practice (APA, 1947; APA Committee on Subdoctoral Education, 1955). Consequently, for many psychologists, distinctions between doctoral-and master's-level professionals seem self-evident: The psychologist is the primary provider of psychological services, and the person with a master's degree is a supervised extender of these services.Within the subspecialty of counseling psychology, a more specific debate transpired that focused on defining appropriate roles, responsibilities, and

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“…(e.g., Trent, 1993), an issue that will likely become more heated with the advent of managed care. Issues about the marketability of master's level community psychologists in comparison with other master's level individuals (e.g., MSWs, MFT, Master's in Counseling) have also been raised (Hoffnung, Morris & Jex, 1986).…”

Section: Education In Community Psychologymentioning

confidence: 99%