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100

In what year was Clinical Mental Health Counseling recognized as a distinct specialty?

2009

100

These 2009 standards were adopted by counselors, merging community counseling and mental health counseling specialty areas to form clinical mental health counseling. 

CACREP

100

This specialty is defined as “Mental health professionals trained to help people with problems that manifest behaviorally or psychologically and that may have roots in physical, psychological, or spiritual dimensions” 

Therapeutic professionals

100

Most of these earn a PhD or a PsyD.

Psychologist.

100

This type of counseling can be defined by terms such as advocacy, prevention, and influence. 

Community counseling

200

What key event did Frank Parsons contribute to in the early 1900s

Boston Vocational Bureau

200

The ACA is partnering with other counseling associations globally for professional development and educational conferences in this trend.

Internationalization of Counseling



200

This examination is used for obtaining counselor licensure and certification.

NCE

200

Psychologists are accredited by this organization.

American Psychological Association

200

The founder of psychoanalysis and considered the father of psychology. 

Sigmund Freud

300

Who organized the first systematic guidance program in public schools

Jesse B. Davis

300

This type of helper is defined as a generalist human services worker who has received some formal training but works as part of a team rather than individually. 

Paraprofessional helper.

300

List one other therapeutic professional. 

  • Social Workers

  • Psychiatrists

  • Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses

  • Counseling Psychologists

  • Professional Counselors

300

This Determines who can and cannot offer certain services and is a governmentally sanctioned form of credentialing based on the concept of the regulatory power of the state. 

State licensure. 

300

Psychology was created as a means to improve people's lives after this historical phenomenon. 

The Industrial Revolution

400

Who developed the client-centered approach to counseling in the 1940s?

Carl Rogers

400

When did the American Counseling Association change its name from AACD?

1992

400

Work settings for this therapeutic professional often include schools, medical and public health environments, mental health and substance abuse settings, and DHR. 

Social worker

400

There are 4 types of professional credentialing: Inspection, registration, ________, and licensure. 

Certification. 

400

This type of testing was embraced by vocational programs following World War One. 

Psychometrics

500

This 1950s government law provided training for counselors. 

National Defense Education Act, or NDEA. 

500

The ability to be licensed in a different state from the one a professional originally received a license without having to initiate a new application process in the new state

License Portability

500

This therapeutic professional grapples with the Biomedical model vs. biopsychosocial model.

Psychiatrist

500

The court case Weldon v. Virginia State Board of Psychologists Examiners established this area as a profession, distinct from psychology. 

Counseling

500

Often called the Minnesota Point of View, this decision-making approach focused on people's aptitudes and characteristics through scientific methods. 

Trait-Factor Approach

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