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| Field | Primary Goal | Licensure | Similarities to Clinical Psychology | Differences from Clinical Psychology |
| Clinical Psychology | diagnosis and assessment | Association of State and Provincial PsychologyBoards is the licensing body | ||
| Counseling Psychology | To offer counseling on mental health issues to citizens. | American Board of professional psychology is the licensing body | Both deal with the study of mental health complications in the society | Licensing body is different |
| School Psychology | Promote psychologically healthy student in school | American Psychology Association is the licensing body | Both promote mental health among the people in the society | Licensing body is different |
| Social Work | To Identifies the specific problems faced by a patient and assist where necessary | Association of Social Works Boards is the licensing body | Both offer medical assistance to mental health problems in the society | Licensing body is different |
| Psychiatry | Diagnosis, assess and treating mental problems | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology is the licensing body | Both study and offer treatment for mental health problem among the people | Licensing body is different |
| Psychiatry Nursing | Promotion of mental health and preventing mental illness among the people | Board of vocational and Psychiatry Practitioners is the licensing body | Both offer treatment for mental health problem in the society | Licensing body is different |
| Marriage and Family Therapy | To strengthen the bonds within the family and promote harmonious family life | Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family TherapyEducation (COAMFTE) is the licensing body | Both involves counseling on family related issue and problems in the society hence promoting harmonious coexistence in the society. | Licensing body is different |