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Also - my school has both a counseling program and a clinical program (both PhDs). We take a lot of our methods classes with each other, have the same practicum sites, and participate in very similar research but in the past I know some sites will only accept students from clinical and not counseling, and vice versa. It seems ridiculous to us because we are literally doing the same coursework and practical but sites continue to see some big distinction between us.
We are like that with the clinical PhD program. I think the clinical folks get an upper hand though. Counseling students in my program are always fighting for experiences whereas clinical folks are required to do a major practicum and a minor. We sometimes times never access those specific sites. I think there's bias across both fields though. Clinical students are viewed as difficult and not very holistic, specifically incorporating diversity factors. But that might be site specific who knows. I know I looked for guidance with a clinical faculty member and straight up said I was in the wrong program and questioned why I was in a counseling program if I was going health psych. I even heard by word of mouth that clinical folks questioned counseling folks that "we aren't looking for experiences outside the UCC". I was like WHAT!! I relocated across the country for experiences that I want for training. Sacrificed. Time with my children, money, stress, etc. to find health related experiences.
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