Professional Identity Development of Tenured and Tenure-Track Counselor Educators

Factors Contributing to Scholarly Productivity of Assistant Professors in Counseling

“…The lack of impact of the faculty research environment in the current study may be due to assistant faculty still drawing on their doctoral research training. Faculty at all levels continue to mention the influence of their training program, mentors, and dissertation chairs on their current research confidence, interest, and knowledge (Gibson, Dollarhide, Leach, & Moss, 2015). Although doctoral training may be foundationally important, other researchers have stated the importance of continued mentoring and collaboration at the faculty level (e.g., Lawrence et al, 2014; Pasupathy & Siwatu, 2013).…”

Growing Leaders: The Parallels of Professional Identity and Leadership Identity Development in Counselors

“…One recommendation to address this issue is for counselor educators and supervisors to reinforce the ethical responsibility counselors have to clients and themselves in seeking and using continuing professional development. Because many counselors and counselor educators do not expect the realities of administrative and leadership responsibilities (Gibson et al, 2015;Moss et al, 2014), this indicates that training and experience in these areas are lacking. In addition to graduate school experiences and training, licensure and certification boards should include specific requirements for continuing professional development that also includes leadership development.…”

“…A second parallel of professional identity and leadership identity development is the reliance on experts, experienced guides, supervisors, teachers, mentors, and/or faculty during specific transitional periods of development (Dollarhide et al, 2013;Gibson, Dollarhide, Leach, & Moss, 2015;Gibson et al, 2010;Moss et al, 2014). In counselor education programs, students rely on faculty and supervisors as they progress from a reliance on expert/book knowledge to counseling clients in practicum and internship.…”

“…Based on research with experienced counselors and counselor educators (Gibson et al, 2015;Levitt & Hermon, 2009;Moss et al, 2014), mentors and peers influenced both their professional identity and leadership identity. Support for identity transitions within the counseling profession was sought and provided through these relationships.…”

Examining Leadership With American Counseling Association Presidents: A Grounded Theory of Leadership Identity Development

“…In Yeager and Callahan's () phenomenological study with 18‐to‐20‐year‐old participants who held leadership positions during their senior year in high school (i.e., recall of experiences), the findings indicated that there were three primary sources of relationships that informed leadership identity, including authority figures, peers/fellow leaders, and organization members. Although the context of this study was specific to high school, leadership identity development across the life span was similar to professional identity development in that there was a reliance on professional guidance (Gibson, Dollarhide, Leach, & Moss, ) and an effort to find meaning about self through relationship with others (Jordan, ). The similarities in professional identity and leadership identity development were reflected in limited research in the profession of counseling (Gibson, ).…”