Counseling student wellness is a topic that is gaining increasing importance and popularity within the counseling profession. There is a drive within the profession to develop well counselors who can effectively produce well clients and develop well counselor educators who can effectively produce well counselors. To meet this growing demand,…

Despite the perception that counseling can be helpful to counselor trainees for both personal and professional reasons, few empirical studies have been conducted on their help-seeking attitudes and behaviors. This article discusses possible barriers to trainees' use of counseling and offers counselor educators recommendations for promoting the use…

This study with 180 counselor educators showed that, overall, educators appeared to have high levels of wellness. However, differences related to academic rank, children in the home, gender, and marital status were found. Perceived stress and number of children were found to have a negative impact on wellness. Implications for wellness are…

Professional development in academia has multiple components, and new counselor educators are often not given clear directions for navigating these components. A model with both content and process components of successfully navigating the 1st year as an assistant professor is presented. In addition, the value of creating a portfolio is…

This article addresses the strategies that 1 African American counselor educator uses to maintain a sense of wellness and balance in her life by focusing on religion and spirituality, physical fitness, family life, multitasking, cultural heritage, and personal time.

A conceptual matrix for the development of professional identity as a counselor educator is presented as a method of promoting self-management for doctoral-level counselor education students. Seven areas of intentionality are discussed, suggested activities are provided in each category for a 4-year program period, and implications for current and…

This article features results of a participatory study focused on strategies used by 7 entry-level assistant professors to negotiate the challenges of writing and submitting successful scholarly research during their 1st year as counselor education faculty members. (Contains 20 references and 1 table.) (Author)

Presents a dialogue between a counselor educator and a distinguished artist that grew from the meeting of these two during an opening show of the artist's works where they found striking parallels between the creative process and the successful/unsuccessful healing process. Proposes two paradigms for the parallel creative and healing processes.…

Counselors-in-training are challenged with the ambiguity inherent in skill acquisition and development processes. This article explores the concept of ambiguity and ambiguity tolerance in counselors-in-training. A framework is provided for conceptualizing the inherent challenges of counselor training and how they may be addressed.

Following a 15-week multimedia instructional approach, beginning-level graduate counselor education students completed two technology attitudinal surveys. Results revealed positive attitudes toward computers and multimedia instruction. Findings lend support for the use of this type of instruction in training counselors, and to complement…

The author presents results of an exploration of the experiences of counselor educators of color, focusing on participants' relationships and interactions with the system of academe and how they are exemplified in the tenure and promotion process. Results suggest P. H. Collins's (1991) concept of the "outsider within" academe is highly relevant.

Examines integration of on-line technology into graduate counseling course and student reactions. No student indicated that computer experiences had negative effects on motivation. Challenges include a better understanding of how behavior is affected when mediated by technology, understanding of how human interaction is affected by on-line…

This article describes the incorporation of humanistic strategies and interactive activities for counselor educators who teach counseling courses in assessment or appraisal. This information helps demonstrate the utility of practical humanistic knowledge and skills for this important Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational…

An experiential Native American healing practices course, co-taught by a Native American pastoral counselor and a counselor educator, was offered to graduate counseling students to help them better understand Native American worldviews. A student participant's reflections are included. Students attended Native American ceremonies and learned…

This article describes the transformation of a school counseling specialization, the importance of school counselors focusing on helping all students tap their learning power, and how a university-community collaboration resulted in a counseling practicum that serves as a core, contextual experience for school counselors-in-training. This article…