• I. Chronological Narrative.- 1. Introduction: The Founding of Clinical Psychology (1896) and Some Important Early Developments.- 2. The American Association of Clinical Psychologists, 1917–1919.- 3. The Clinical Section of the American Psychological Association, 1919–1937.- 4. The Clinical Section of the American Association for Applied Psychology, 1937–1945.- 5. The Division of Clinical and Abnormal Psychology/Division of Clinical Psychology (Division 12), 1945–.- 6. Growth of Division 12 and the Origins of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (Section 1), 1962–.- 7. Psychologists Interested in the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Section 2), 1963–1967.- 8. The Corresponding Committee of Fifty, 1961–1971, and the Section on Continuing Professional Education (Section 2), 1971–1986.- 9. The Section for Clinical Psychology as an Experimental-Behavioral Science/Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (Section 3), 1966–.- 10. The Section on the Clinical Psychology of Women (Section 4), 1980–.- 11. The Society of Pediatric Psychology (Section 5), 1968/1980–.- 12. The Section on Ethnic Minority Clinical Psychology (Section 6), 1986–.- 13. The Section on the Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (Section 7), 1988–1991.- 14. The Spinoff of Other Specialty Groups Related to Division 12.- II. Issues and Personalities.- 15. Research and Scholarly Activities: Basic Science and Psychopathology.- 16. Research and Scholarly Activities: Assessment.- 17. Research and Scholarly Activities: Intervention.- 18. Education and Training: The Boulder Model.- 19. Education and Training: The Practitioner Model.- 20. Credentials for Practitioners: ABPP, Licensing, and the National Register.- 21. The Economics of Psychological Services: The Public Sector.- 22.The Economics of Psychological Services: The Private Sector.- III. Summing Up.- 23. Conclusion.- Appendixes.- A. Selected Examples of the Bylaws of Clinical Psychology Organizations.- B. Officers of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Related Organizations.- C. Recipients of Awards of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Related Organizations.- D. Alphabetical List of Officers and Awardees.- References.

'This book's strengths are its focus on the organizational structures and their interplay in the history of American clinical psychology...This is a text that should be read by beginning clinical psychologists...It is also a useful resource of the key people in clinical psychology's history, and will serve as a benchmark volume for this value alone.' Behavior Research Therapy