Counseling psychology is the study of ways to provide services to promote individual and group well-being and to prevent and remedy developmental, educational, vocational, social and emotional adjustment problems. Counseling psychologists provide a variety of treatments, e.g., career and educational counseling, psychotherapy, behavior therapy, rehabilitation counseling, marital and family therapy, or may provide training programs in such areas as communication and mediation skills, time management, and effective parenting. The emphasis in counseling psychology is to help people grow and make the maximum adjustment to their present problems and circumstances. School psychology is concerned primarily with the adjustment, mental health and achievement of children within the context of school. Graduate training in this field is normally in colleges of education.
School psychologists promote emotional well-being and effective learning experiences.
They assist children directly and indirectly through parents, teachers, and administrators. They are trained in intellectual, educational, and emotional assessment. School psychologists typically have a major role in determining what special resources would best benefit individual students. They act as staff consultants and collaborate with others to study and solve curricular and instructional problems that involve psychological understanding or techniques. O psychology is the study of people at work and how they relate to work.