counseling psychology的master毕业以后出来在很多州是没有办法practice independently的. you are going to practice with a LIMITED LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST license for life!!! please be mindful of that before you apply to graduate school. 一般来说,要求的是一个月4个小时supervision with a fully licensed psychologist. 除非你以后的工作单位提供free supervision,亦或者你可以找到一个愿意提供discount的supervisor, 我可以负责的告诉你, it is going to be very expensive. The last time I heard the on-going rate for supervision is about 100 dollars a hour.
Licensed clinical social worker & Licensed Professional counselor & Marriage and Family therapist, on the other hand, typically require 3000hr post-graduate work in most states, 100 hr of which need to be supervision. After that you will be fully licensed and you can practice interdependently & supervise (with advanced training of course).
如果楼主准备回国,不需要licensure in US, then it is absolutely fine to go in counseling psychology program.
很多州的法律规定都不一样,这个请自行搜索。比如说,加州的规定就比很多州都严格。