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edited by

Jacqueline M. Swank and Casey A. Barrio Minton

American Counseling Association

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Swank, Jacqueline M., editor. | Barrio Minton, Casey A., editor.

Title: Critical incidents in counselor education : teaching, supervision, scholarship, leadership, and advocacy / Jacqueline M. Swank, Casey A. Barrio Minton, editors.

Description: Alexandria, VA : American Counseling Association, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021019222 | ISBN 9781556204029 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Counseling—Study and teaching (Graduate)—United States. | Counseling psychology—Study and teaching (Graduate) —United States. | Counselors—Training of—United States. | College teaching—United States. | Universities and colleges—United States—Graduate work.

Classification: LCC BF636.65 .C75 2022 | DDC 158.3071—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021019222

To current and future counselor educators and to counseling supervisors, scholars, leaders, and advocates who continuously navigate ethical and professional dilemmas to enhance the counseling profession and those we serve.

To God for his continued blessings; my family and friends for their unending encouragement and support; and my mentors, students, and colleagues, who help me continually grow both professionally and personally.

— Jacqueline M. Swank

To the mentors and students who have made me a stronger teacher and leader.

— Casey A. Barrio Minton

Counselor educators have multiple roles and responsibilities as teachers, supervisors, scholars, leaders, and advocates for the counseling profession. Doctoral programs in counselor education and supervision have the challenging task of preparing students to embrace each of these roles with all their complexities. Despite rigorous instruction and experiential learning opportunities, counselor educators and supervisors, especially those new to their roles, often struggle with complex situations that they feel unprepared to address.

The challenging, complex critical incidents counselor educators navigate within their multiple roles become learning opportunities for growth and development. As we have trained and mentored counselor education doctoral students and new counselor educators, as well as reflected on our own experiences as counselor educators, we have been reminded of the similarities in the challenging situations we have experienced. Learning from others’ experiences may help aspiring and new counselor educators and supervisors avoid pitfalls in addressing similar situations. Thus, we designed this book to help you navigate critical incidents commonly experienced in counselor education and supervision. The cases are largely fictitious or composites, but the situations are real and are experienced by counselor educators frequently in their work settings.

This book focuses on critical incidents experienced by counselor educators across four unique areas in which they must develop specialty skills: (a) teaching, (b) supervision, (c) research and scholarship, and (d) leadership and advocacy. Within each chapter, experts in counselor education identify key issues relevant to the case; analyze the critical incident with overt attention to the ACA Code of Ethics (American Counseling Association, 2014), existing literature, and diversity and inclusion; and discuss actions and outcomes. Experts also provide a response for each chapter that focuses on reinforcing decisions made, introducing additional literature, and providing contrasting opinions.