Counseling Psychology and Health Applications
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TL;DR
Evaluating definitions of health specialties, changes currently taking place in conceptual models for health, disease, and medicine, and issues related to the future involvement of counseling psychologists in the health field are examined.
Abstract
Roles for psychologists in health settings have greatly expanded over the past two decades. Although early goals of counseling psychology aligned with health promotion concepts, counseling psychologists have been slow to assert themselves in the health field Opportunities for the future involvement of counseling psychologists in health applications are examined in terms of (a) evolving definitions of health specialties; (b) changes currently taking place in conceptual models for health, disease, and medicine; and (c) issues related to the future involvement of counseling psychologists in the health field