History of the Counseling Profession

Sigmund Freud publishes Interpretation of Dreams

Nov 4, 1899

Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act

Feb 23, 1917

put vocational counselors into schools

Carl Rogers publishes Counseling and Psychotherapy

Sep 30, 1942

beginnings of person-centered therapy

DSM I released

Jan 7, 1952

released by American Psychological Association for standard classification of mental disorders

National Defense Education Act

Sep 2, 1958

funded training for first school counselors

Community Mental Health Act

Nov 2, 1963

led to deinstitutionalization

DSM 5 released

May 19, 2013

most current DSM