Applying public health science to the counselling profession: an initial examination

The application of public health science to the counselling profession is e xamined. Specifically, the public-health practices of prevention and epidem iology are reviewed for their applicability to the field of counselling. Ev idence of the counselling profession's substantial involvement in the preve ntion research field is provided through an examination of recent major met aanalysis articles on prevention studies. The role of the counselling profe ssion in: social-policy development, and the interrelation between this typ e of social/political engagement and the solidification of the counselling field within the spectrum of mental-health services, are explored.