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Specific use of the term 'psychology' in this site. The name of this site is VocationalPsychology.com. The word "psychology" as used in this site refers only to the science of psychology, and typically to the specialized study of vocational psychology, and not to such clinical, therapeutic, or other professional roles taken on by and exclusively limited to professionally licensed psychologists. In many jurisdictions, the term "Psychologist" is reserved for those professionals licensed to use the term by their state or other governmental entity. However, as used by this website, the term psychology is not used in this context, and refers exclusively to a circumscribed and widely recognized field of scientific investigation. Use of that term within this site does not convey a special or professional form of clinical expertise that may be licensed by particular jurisdictions as being the exclusive claim of psychologists.

Along the same lines, use of the term psychology on this site should not convey that any assessments available or accessed through this site are intended to be among those reserved for use by licensed psychologists within any specific jurisdiction. Rather, use of the term psychology on this site again refers only to a circumscribed and widely recognized field of scientific investigation. Assessments available or accessed through this site may depend on research consistent with the scientific investigation of psychological matters, but do not in their use or interpretation require reliance on any restricted professional skills reserved for licensed psychologists within any specific jurisdiction.

Limitation of liability for general career advice. This website publishes discussions of career choice, career development, and career counseling. Such discussions may or may not apply to specific individuals or situations, and Drew Carson Consulting assumes no liability for decisions made by individuals or actions taken by counseling or consulting professionals based on content published through this website or other means. That being said, we do try to provide what in our opinion is reasonable advice for career interventions and development, but we certainly provide no guarantee that such advice will work in all situations for all individuals.

Limitation of liability for use of career assessments. This website also publishes, or provides access to, assessments intended for use in career interventions. Such career interventions may be provided by professional users of the site to their own clients. Such interventions might also be provided directly to clients making use of the website for career development purposes. Such assessments are based on particular theories of career development for which empirical evidence exists, but as with any theories in the social sciences they will not necessarily apply to every individual in every conceivable situation. In addition, such assessments contain some degree of error variance, as do all similar assessments used in counseling and psychology. Therefore, users should not treat scores, recommendations, or interpretations based on such assessments as absolute truth. One should instead view them as making possible reasonable inferences and hypotheses, which will be summarized in reports provided based on the results of the assessment.

Some of the assessments provided through this website are in their development phase. For these assessments, the availability of research-based data supporting the assessment's reliability and validity is necessarily scarce or absent. Such assessments will be clearly marked as being in their development phase, and professional users and their clients should be mindful that interpretations based on such assessments are speculative. Such cautions should also be highlighted in any reports deriving from such assessments.