Counseling psychology in Israel: Successful accomplishments of a nonexistent specialty

This article discusses the status of counseling psychology in Israel in the context of its unique characteristics. Despite the respected status of psy chology as a profession in Israel and its overall acceptance and involvemen t in numerous social issues, counseling psychology as a separate specially is nonexistent, especially because of resistance to the clinical psychology specially. In addition to general subjects where counseling,nay be applied , special problem areas-including continuous security threats, massive immi gration,, non-Jewish minorities, issues concerning religiosity, cl,ld effec ts of the Holocaust-create the necessity for counseling psychology interven tions. Nevertheless actual, successful, professional accomplishments make t his either unnecessary or call for a change in the counseling-related train ing of clinical psychologists.