Pepinsky, H. B., & Pepinsky, P. N. (1954). Introduction: The dual roles of practitioner and scientist. In H. B. Pepinsky & P. N. Pepinsky, Counseling theory and practice (pp. 3-15). New York, NY, US: Ronald Press Company.
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Discusses the pressures upon the counselor to play the roles of both practitioner and scientist which poses a serious dilemma. Seemingly, these roles are incompatible in the interests, motivations, and abilities that each demands. There is an apparent incompatibility between practical limitations upon the counseling situation and the scientist's requirements of it. And, even with a common core of psychological training, differences are still to be found in the training and experience of the practitioner and the scientist. In spite of this seeming divergence, there is an argument for reconciling the dual roles of practitioner and scientist. The American Psychological Association's Committee on the Training of Clinical Psychologists (1950) makes this explicit in recommending an integration of theoretical-experimental subject matter and supervised field experiences for clinical trainees. The student has learned about systems and experiments in "fundamental" courses, and then he has shut books and mind and moved on to "applied" courses and field experiences. Today, our major training institutions seem to be moving in the direction of selecting potential practitioner-scientists for the clinical areas, and curricula are slowly being revised to combine in the same course theoretical-experimental knowledge with practical application. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)