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Criteria for Institutional Membership
1. Through the Director of Training, or his/her designated
representative, any doctoral-level training program in counseling
psychology is eligible for Council membership.
2. A "doctoral-level training program in counseling psychology" is
defined as:
a. any APA accredited (full, provisional, or probationary)
counseling psychology training program, or
b. any self-defined counseling psychology training program
having a required curriculum largely consistent with APA
accreditation requirements and standards.
3. The following criteria will be considered by the Board when
reviewing training programs for institutional membership in the
Council under section 2.b.
a. whether the program is offered in an institution of
higher education accredited by one of the six regional
accrediting bodies recognized by the Council on
Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA).
b. whether the program, wherever it may be administratively
housed, is clearly and publicly identified and labeled
as a counseling psychology program and having as its
intent the preparation of counseling psychologists
c. whether the program includes an integrated, organized
plan of study and ensures a breadth of exposure to the
field of psychology
d. whether the program includes supervised practicum,
internship, and field or laboratory training appropriate
to the practice of counseling psychology
e. whether there is an identifiable counseling psychology
faculty
f. whether the program has an identified body of students
who are matriculated in that program for a degree
g. whether the program evidences a deliberate effort to
develop students' knowledge and skill relevant to human
diversity (e.g., persons with handicapping conditions,
of differing ages, gender, ethnic and racial backgrounds,
religions, and lifestyles, and differing social and individual backgrounds)
h. whether the program requires instruction in:
(1) scientific and professional ethics and standards
(2) research design and methodology
(3) statistics
(4) psychological measurement
(5) history and systems of psychology
i. whether the program requires students to demonstrate
competency in:
(1) biological bases of behavior(e.g., physiological
psychology, comparative psychology, neurology,
psychopharmacology, sensation)
(2) cognitive-affective bases of behavior (e.g.,
learning, motivation, perception, cognition,
thinking, memory, emotion)
(3) social bases of behavior (e.g., social
psychology; cultural, ethnic, and group
processes; sex roles; organizational and systems
theory)
(4) individual behavior (e.g., personality theory,
human development, individual differences,
abnormal psychology)
[Competency may be demonstrated by: (a) passing a
suitable comprehensive examination in each of the
above areas, or (b) successful completion of 3
graduate semester hours (or equivalent quarter
hours) in each area, or (c) other suitable means
which are documented by the program.]
j. whether the program requires training in content specific
to the specialty of counseling psychology (e.g., career
development and vocational psychology, psychological
assessment and psychodiagnosis, intervention procedures,
consultation)
k. whether the program requires completion of independent
scholarly work representing a contribution to knowledge
(e.g., dissertation)
l. whether the program faculty evidence continued
involvement in teaching, research, and supervision
m. whether the faculty's education and training is in the
specialty area of counseling psychology
n. whether the faculty evidence an identification with and
professional involvement in counseling psychology
4. Programs wishing to be considered for institutional membership in
the Council should submit to the Chair of the Council, through
their Director of Training, any and all documentation relevant to
the above criteria. Program descriptions, copies of materials
sent to prospective students, copies of university catalogs
containing program descriptions and degree requirements, course
listings and descriptions, and faculty listings and current
vitae would be helpful to the Board in reviewing programs for
membership on the Council.
5. Applications for membership in the Council will be reviewed by
the Board at its annual midwinter and August meetings.
6. Membership on the Council does not constitute APA accreditation
status or its equivalent and should not be offered as
certification or documentation of program quality.
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Checklist of criteria for institutional membership
(for use in reviewing applications for CCPTP membership)
_____ a. Regionally accredited (COPA)
_____ b. Publicly identified as a counseling psychology program
_____ c. Integrated, organized plan of study: breadth of exposure
to psychology
_____ d. Supervised practicum, internship, lab/field experience
_____ e. Identified counseling psychology faculty
_____ f. Identified body of students matriculated for the degree
_____ g. Effort to develop students' knowledge and skill relevant
to cultural and individual differences
_____ h. Required instruction in:
_____ scientific/professional ethics/standards
_____ research design and methodology
_____ statistics
_____ psychological measurement
_____ history and systems of psychology
_____ i. Students demonstrate competence in:
_____ biological bases of behavior
_____ cognitive/affective bases of behavior
_____ social bases of behavior
_____ individual behavior
_____ j. Training in content specific to counseling psychology
_____ k. Required independent scholarly work (e.g., dissertation)
_____ l. Faculty involved in teaching, research, and supervision
_____ m. Faculty trained in counseling psychology
_____ n. Faculty identified with counseling psychology
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