Possible Themes to Address in Your Video

• Why counseling psychology is important (e.g., unique contributions of counseling psychologists, the future of counseling psychology)
  
  
• Why one should become a counseling psychologist (e.g., career opportunities in counseling psychology, multicultural emphasis in counseling psychology)

• Counseling psychology in relation to other health professions (e.g., counseling psychology as a specialty in professional psychology, similarities and differences between counseling psychology and other mental health professions such as clinical psychology and professional counseling, multidisciplinary approach to health care)

Judging

• Phase I: A panel of judges will review all submissions and select the finalists.
• Phase II: The finalist videos will be displayed on the SCP website for "American Idol"-style voting by members of the Society of Counseling Psychology and Student Affiliates of Seventeen. The video with the most public votes wins! Prizes
• The winning video will be awarded the grand prize of $1,000 and will premiere at the 2012 APA Convention in Orlando!
• All finalist videos will be shown on the SCP website, and may be used as official promotional videos for counseling psychology.

Details

• Videos should be 2-5 minutes in length.
• The deadline for submission is May 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm ET.
• See Submission Form for complete instructions (Link will open in .docx format; click here for PDF).
• Please direct questions to scpvideocontest@gmail.com.

Video Contest Special Task Group Members

• Derek Iwamoto , PhD (Co-Chair); Michael McAllister, MA, MS, NCC, APC (Co-Chair); Jonathan Entis, MA; Esther Frogel, MA; Ren Hong, MA; and Kathy Wu, MA

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