Review of General clinical counseling in educational institutions

Abstract

Reviews the book, "General clinical counseling in educational institutions," by M. E. Hahn and M. S. MacLean (see record 1951-02051-000 ). This book suggests a job title for an area of practice, and defines that area systematically. It attempts to clarify the semantic fog in which such terms as counseling, guidance, psychotherapy, and "personnel work" are adrift and such will-o-the-wisp modifiers as vocational, educational, clinical, and "personal" confuse the beginner and harass the professional. The vagueness of these terms continues to thwart the accurate specification of training, qualifications, and ethical practices. Hahn and MacLean have not only attempted to set down these specifications, but to clarify the skills, knowledge, and competencies required of practitioners. In so doing they have distilled much thinking and reading and clinical experience into a book which provides excellent professional orientation, brief but adequate instruction in many tools and techniques, but somewhat less than a comprehensive understanding of the psychology of counseling. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)