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- the ability to exert control over one’s life, to cope with specific problems effectively, and to make changes to one’s behavior and one’s environment, as opposed to the mere ability to adjust or adapt to circumstances as they are. Affirming, strengthening, or achieving a client’s competence is often a basic goal in psychotherapy.
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It is important to understand the meaning of competence and its importance in all fields of psychology. This paper discusses the APA code of ethics as it pertains to competence, current dilemmas regarding competency in psychology, and recommendations to improve competency in clinical practice.
We describe the field's endeavors to define and explicate domains, or sub-components, of competence, and to identify specific “benchmarks” of competency within each domain, across the continuum of professional development from student to professional.
Apr 30, 2018 · In our zeal to monitor and evaluate an ever-increasing inventory of competencies, the challenge is to be innovative to ensure that we do not discount important competencies. Attitude-value and relationship-process competencies remain central to the competence of the psychology practitioner.
Aug 18, 2018 · Competence has been defined as the knowledge and skills, and attitudes, values, and judgment needed to perform the work of a psychologist (Barnett, Doll, Younggren, & Rubin, 2007; Rodolfa et al., 2005).
Competence is an issue of vital importance for all practicing psychologists, and each spends his or her career seeking to develop it, achieve it, maintain it, and enhance it.
Cultural competence — loosely defined as the ability to understand, appreciate and interact with people from cultures or belief systems different from one's own — has been a key aspect of psychological thinking and practice for some 50 years. It's become such an integral part of the field that it's listed as one of psychology's core competencies.
Oct 16, 2017 · There have been national and international calls for a competency model that reflects the diverse and complex nature of the practice of psychology. Competency models represent important signposts and reflect the standards of practice expected by regulators, educators, and the profession generally.
