Accreditation Practices in Psychological Counseling and Guidance

Yıl 2018, , 38 - 44, 01.06.2018

Serdar Körük

https://doi.org/10.32568/jfce.413585

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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.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Psychological Counseling, Accreditation, Education

Kaynakça

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