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Counseling is not a Profession—Yet
Author(s) -
RITCHIE MARTIN H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1990.tb01161.x
Subject(s) - autonomy , psychology , miller , counselor education , professional association , graduate students , legal profession , medical education , pedagogy , higher education , public relations , law , medicine , political science , ecology , biology
Criteria for a profession established by McCully and Miller (1969) and others were applied to the occupation of counseling. It seems that counseling is not yet a profession primarily because it lacks professional autonomy and legal recognition.