Beginning your counseling career : graduate preparation and beyond /
edited by Mary Olufunmilaya Adekson.
- NewYork : Routledge, 2020.
- xix, 293 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword Introduction: Overview of Major Discussions in Beginning Your Counseling Career: Graduate Preparation and Beyond Section 1 Graduate Preparation at the Counseling Master's Level 1 Getting Accepted Into a Master's Program and Getting a Graduate Assistantship 2 The Challenges of Starting and Completing Master's Level Training 3 Balancing Career, Graduate School, and Family 4 Online Master's in Counseling Programs Section 2 Graduate Preparation at the Counselor Education Doctoral Level 5 Applying to and Getting Accepted to a Fitting Doctoral Program 6 Doctoral Online Programs 7 Benefits and Challenges of Balancing a Professional Counseling Identity With Doctoral Studies: The Perspectives of Current Counselor Education Doctoral Students 8 Proposing and Completing a Dissertation 9 Writing Etiquette for Doctoral Students 10 Teaching Counseling Students the Science of Research 11 Recommendations for Teaching Counseling: From Practitioner to Counselor Educator Section 3 Important Elements of Transitioning From Student to Professional Counselor 12 Preparing Counseling Students for Field Experience 13 Gaining Clinical Experience in and After Graduate School 14 Mentoring Students for Private Practice 15 Critical Steps in Obtaining Licensure 16 Becoming a Supervisor 17 Counseling Identity Section 4 Minorities and International Students in Counseling and Counselor Education 18 Encouraging Minorities in the Counseling Program 19 International Students and Counselor Education Section 5 Special Considerations in the Career of Professional School Counseling 20 Establishing Relationships With Administrators, Faculty, and Staff as a School Counselor 21 Special Education Legislation and Protocols for School Counseling 22 School Counselors as Athletic Coaches: Finding a Common Ground.
Beginning Your Counseling Career is designed for students taking preliminary courses in counseling, as well as practicum and internship classes, at the masters and doctoral levels. It provides a comprehensive overview of the counseling profession and equips students with the clinical and administrative skills they'll need to broaden their focus on professional development. Chapters cover topics rarely covered in counseling texts, including the challenges of starting and completing masters level training, writing etiquette for doctoral students, proposing and completing a dissertation, and more.