中華心理衛生協會

Purpose: This study traced the origins of professional training for clinical psychologists in order to clarify the nature of cultivation of clinical psychologists. Methods: A literature review was applied to investigate both the scientist-practitioner model prevailing in the USA and the essence of professional learning. The review does not only stop at investigating current issues and conditions but radically unpacks the foundations that back up those issues and conditions. Through this operation, the thoughts underlying current discussions/debates can be disclosed and examined. Results: The review showed that a salient training issue for American clinical psychology is the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical action, and that this gap cannot be merely attributed to the scientist-practitioner model, but should be seen as originating from differences in the learning processes of conceptual knowledge and practical knowledge. Conclusions: Various issues concerning the learning process for professional practice, such as embodied knowing, imaginal knowing, and conceptual articulation, emerged as important for clinical psychology. In addition, the meaning of humanistic cultivation is revealed in the situated learning process of becoming a clinical psychologist.