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+++ This is only my personal opinion +++ After being through a couple cycles and receiving an offer this round I found the most helpful thing was building a relationship with my potential supervisor. IF there is someone you are interested in working with who is in your geographic area and you are able to volunteer/work as an RA or possibly a research coordinator and build a strong working (and personal) relationship with them it will greatly increase the likelihood of them taking you on as a student vs. an outside person who they speak with for a couple of hours (max). This might be obvious and it is anecdotal (worked for me) but I think it is worth consideration. Obviously GPA, GRE, pubs/presentations should be stressed as well Hope this helps a little bit!

Official rejection from OISE this morning for the CCP MA (didn't interview) so not too surprised!

I know! Very confusing indeed, but yes, it seems as though someone could complete a PhD in counselling psych and choose clinical as their practice area when registering with the CPO (In Ontario)

Thank you to everyone who is helping to provide insight into this topic! I definitely want to make the most informed decision possible I looked on the College Psychologist of Ontario website (http://www.cpo.on.ca/Become_a_Member.aspx --> under the psychologist tab --> registration guidelines) and this is what I found... It seems like anyone who graduated from a CPA/APA approved program (clinical/school/counselling) can register with the CPO. Then a psychologist must choose a practice area (forensic, clinical, school, counselling, industrial/organizational) of these all registered psychologists in any practice area can diagnose (except industrial/org.). Also, it looks like a person who completed a PhD in coun. psych can list clinical psychology as a practice area and vice-versa. I think that this is how people with a clinical psych degree can declare a practice area in forensic or health/rehabilitation or clinical neuropsychology even though they didn't complete their degree in this area. It seems to be determined more by placement choices/experience? This is how I'm interpreting it! Could be wrong Thanks again for everyones input - this decision is getting more complex than I had thought!

Thanks for all of the great responses!! @gillis_55 @chopper.wife @higaisha @Sharbar I agree that research interest and supervisor are super important and am fairly confident that I will have good quality practicum opportunities in the counselling psych program I will have to look into the assessment and diagnosis more carefully as this is something that I would like to be able to do whether I choose the counselling or clinical psych program.

Hi Everyone! I have been admitted into two programs - one MA/PhD in clinical psych and a MA/PhD in counselling psych (both CPA accredited). I prefer the research of my POI in counselling psych much more... is there a big difference in practice between clinical and counselling psych at the PhD level?