VISTAS Counselor Education and Supervision

VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for ACA by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 900 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to 2017.



A Comparison of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Master's Degree Programs: Are They Really Different?

Cassie Cox Evans and Samuel T. Gladding

2010

While there have been comparisons between graduates of counseling psychology and counselor education programs on the doctorate level (Poidevant, Loesch, & Wittmer, 1991; Zimpfer, 1993), no comparisons have been made between counselor education and counseling psychology on the master’s level. This research focused on three areas of comparison using the eight core course offerings CACREP requires for accreditation. It also examined the number of required hours for graduation from master’s counseling psychology programs when compared to CACREP accredited counselor education programs. Career opportunities for graduates of counseling psychology master’s degree programs were also explored. The overall emphasis of the study was to determine if there were really differences, outside of accreditation, between these two types of programs.

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