Clinical psychology is a field that integrates science, theory and clinical knowledge to understand and relieve psychologically-based distress through assessment and psychotherapy. It began in 1896 with the opening of the first psychological clinic and focuses on assessment, treatment, research and clinical practice. There are two main educational models - the PhD scientist-practitioner model requiring research and clinical expertise, and the PsyD practitioner-scholar model. Clinical psychologists provide psychotherapy, testing, and diagnosis using primary orientations of psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and family therapy approaches.
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Clinical psychology is a field that integrates science, theory and clinical knowledge to understand and relieve psychologically-based distress through assessment and psychotherapy. It began in 1896 with the opening of the first psychological clinic and focuses on assessment, treatment, research and clinical practice. There are two main educational models - the PhD scientist-practitioner model requiring research and clinical expertise, and the PsyD practitioner-scholar model. Clinical psychologists provide psychotherapy, testing, and diagnosis using primary orientations of psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and family therapy approaches.
Clinical psychology is a field that integrates science, theory and clinical knowledge to understand and relieve psychologically-based distress through assessment and psychotherapy. It began in 1896 with the opening of the first psychological clinic and focuses on assessment, treatment, research and clinical practice. There are two main educational models - the PhD scientist-practitioner model requiring research and clinical expertise, and the PsyD practitioner-scholar model. Clinical psychologists provide psychotherapy, testing, and diagnosis using primary orientations of psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and family therapy approaches.
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Clinical psychology is a field that integrates science, theory and clinical knowledge to understand and relieve psychologically-based distress through assessment and psychotherapy. It began in 1896 with the opening of the first psychological clinic and focuses on assessment, treatment, research and clinical practice. There are two main educational models - the PhD scientist-practitioner model requiring research and clinical expertise, and the PsyD practitioner-scholar model. Clinical psychologists provide psychotherapy, testing, and diagnosis using primary orientations of psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and family therapy approaches.
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Clinical psychology is an integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving
psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.[1][2] Central to its practice are psychological assessment and psychotherapy, although clinical psychologists also engage in research, teaching, consultation, forensic testimony, and program development and administration.[3] In many countries, clinical psychology is regulated as a health care profession. The field is often considered to have begun in 1896 with the opening of the first psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania by Lightner Witmer. In the first half of the 20th century, clinical psychology was focused on psychological assessment, with little attention given to treatment. This changed after the 1940s when World War II resulted in the need for a large increase in the number of trained clinicians. Since that time, two main educational models have developedthePh.D. scientistpractitioner model (requiring a doctoral dissertation and therefore research as well as clinical expertise) and, in the U.S. the Psy.D. practitionerscholar model. Clinical psychologists provide psychotherapy, psychological testing, and diagnosis of mental illness. They generally train within four primary theoretical orientations psychodynamic, humanistic, behavior therapy/cognitive-behavioral, andsystems or family therapy. Many continue clinical training in post-doctoral programs in which they might specialize in disciplines such as psychoanalytic approaches or child and adolescent treatment modalitie
