Accreditation Practices in Psychological Counseling and Guidance

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to investigate the practices of accreditation in the field of psychological counseling and guidance. In this study, the training processes in psychological counseling and guidance was searched in both Turkey and other countries. Institutions that form the accreditations for psychological counseling profession in both undergraduate, graduate, doctorate and professional career have been examined. Information on the practises of CACREP (Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs) and EAC (The European Association for Counseling), which are competent associations for accreditation, are given. In Turkey, the activities of many years of work that the Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Association have tried to conduct on the accreditation of psychological counselor education were indicated. Lastly, new accreditation models which can be applied in the education process of psychological counseling and guidance in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels in Turkey were discussed.

Keywords

• Psychological Counseling,Accreditation,Education

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