ABSTRACT
Beginning Your Counseling Career provides a comprehensive overview of the counseling profession and equips students with the clinical and administrative skills they need to progress in the field.
Helpfully organized into five sections, the text addresses basic career considerations and preparatory aspects of the profession, as well as a range of topics to help students broaden their focus on professional development. Chapters cover areas including online masters and doctoral programs, developing a counseling identity, mentoring students for private practice, supporting minority students in counseling programs, considerations for international students, special education legislation, and more.
Suitable for students taking preliminary courses in counseling as well as practicum and internship classes, Beginning Your Counseling Career offers a detailed and up-to-date framework for aspiring professional counselors at both masters and doctoral levels.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |2 pages
Introduction
section Section 1|47 pages
Graduate Preparation at the Counseling Master’s Level
chapter Chapter 1|13 pages
Getting Accepted Into a Master’s Program and Getting a Graduate Assistantship
section Section 2|94 pages
Graduate Preparation at the Counselor Education Doctoral Level
chapter Chapter 7|12 pages
Benefits and Challenges of Balancing a Professional Counseling Identity With Doctoral Studies
chapter Chapter 11|14 pages
Recommendations for Teaching Counseling
section Section 3|71 pages
Important Elements of Transitioning From Student to Professional Counselor
section Section 4|25 pages
Minorities and International Students in Counseling and Counselor Education
section Section 5|41 pages
Special Considerations in the Career of Professional School Counseling