On the merger of clinical and counseling psychology.

Comments on an article by C. E. Watkins (see record 1986-12878-001) suggesting that human services psychology might be a good meeting point for clinical and counseling psychologists. The present author questions Watkins's arguments that both groups share a broad interest in health psychology and preventive interventions and that a reduction in the amount of vocational work done by counseling psychologists indicates a readiness for a merger with clinical psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)