According to the literature, psychological counseling originated from clinical psychology and was born in 1896.
Vitmer put forward the concept of "clinical psychology" at the end of 19, and established a professional journal at 1907.
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The needs of social reality and the development of the discipline's own methodology have promoted the great progress of psychological counseling.
① In 1930s, psychological tests and the study of individual differences were the main conditions and promoting factors for the development of clinical psychology, and also an important means of psychological consultation.
Important person: Williamson, University of Minnesota, USA
② 1953, the consulting psychology branch of the American Psychological Association stipulated a formal training standard for psychological counseling experts, which later became the recognized standard for postgraduate doctoral programs of the Education and Training Committee.
In the same year, the branch sent a resident representative to the American Psychological Professional Examination Committee and actively participated in the issuance of the special license of "Psychological Counseling Instructor".
In the same year, the American Psychological Association Ethics Standards Committee published the American Psychological Association Ethics Plan.
From 65438 to 0954, more than twenty psychologists initiated and founded the Journal of Counseling Psychology, which became a professional journal of psychological counseling.
From 65438 to 0955, the American Psychological Association began to formally issue the license of psychological counseling expert.
In the 1940s, it also appeared in the European continent with a new look. After World War II, psychology gained new life and developed rapidly.