Define Clinical Psychology according to the textbook.

The field of Clinical Psychology integrates science, theory, and practice to understand, predict, and alleviate maladjustment, disability, and discomfort as well as to promote human adaptation, adjustment, and personal development. Clinical Psychology focuses on the intellectual, emotional, biological, psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of human functioning across the life span, in varying cultures, and at all socioeconomic levels.

After reading about the Boulder and Vail models, how important do you think it is for counselors or psychologists to know how to do research? Which of these two models makes more sense to you for the work you will be doing? How important will it be for you to read research studies in your future field? How important will it be for you to do continuing professional education in your field?

BOX 1.1 Comparing PhD Programs With PsyD Programs There is quite a bit of variation between PhD programs, just as there is quite a bit of variation between PsyD programs. However, a few overall trends distinguish one degree from the other. In general, compared with PhD programs, PsyD programs tend to  place less emphasis on research-related aspects of training and more emphasis on clinically relevant aspects of training;  accept and enroll a much larger percentage and number of applicants;  be housed in free-standing, independent (or university-affiliated) “professional schools,” as opposed to departments of psychology in universities;  offer significantly less funding to enrolled students in the form of graduate assistantships, fellowships, tuition remission, and so on;  accept and enroll a higher percentage of students who have already earned a master’s degree;  graduate students in a briefer time period (about 1.5 fewer years);  graduate students who pursue practice-related careers rather than academic or research-related careers; and  have at least a slightly higher percentage of faculty members who subscribe to psychodynamic approaches, as opposed to cognitive- behavioral approaches.

 How are psychologists different from other mental health professionals?

 In text citation-For APA, you use the author’s last name and date of publication for a “paraphrase”, as in (Pomerantz, 2011).  One thing to remember about full citations is that the information you provide is based on the type of source because the way you look up and retrieve a book is quite different from the way you look up and retrieve a Web site or an article from an online database. A sample full citation in APA for a book looks like this: Pomerantz, A. (2011). Clinical Psychology, 2 nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.