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
Dedication
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
Preface
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.
The first part is focused on teaching and includes 13 chapters within three sections: (a) student engagement and dispositions, (b) dynamics related to diversity and inclusion, and (c) instructor preparedness. The second part is related to supervision and encompasses nine chapters within three sections: (a) supervisee dispositions and behaviors, (b) issues with site supervisors, and (c) doctoral student supervisors. The third part pertains to research and scholarship and includes nine chapters within three sections: (a) collaboration and authorship, (b) client interest and well-being, and (c) the publication process. The final part focuses on leadership and advocacy and includes nine chapters within three sections: (a) professional organization leadership, (b) leadership and advocacy in the local community, and (c) diversity and inclusion within counselor education programs.
We expect you will find the stories and analyses helpful in multiple ways. Counselor educators may use this book throughout the doctoral curriculum in courses focused on each of the four domains as well as in more general professional orientation and ethics courses or internships. This will provide an opportunity to facilitate exploration of critical issues commonly experienced in counselor education and supervision. These conversations may help students develop an understanding of the complexities of the roles of counselor educators and supervisors. We expect counselor educators and supervisors will see themselves in many of the stories, perhaps using the book to explore multiple perspectives on common critical incidents they find themselves navigating.
The authors address challenges and opportunities counselor educators must navigate on an ongoing basis. The book also focuses on integrating multicultural and social justice issues through the inclusion of diverse counselor educators as authors, the inclusion of diverse individuals within the scenarios, and overt discussion of cultural dynamics and considerations across topics and issues. This book supplements existing textbooks within each of the four domains by focusing on real-world application of theories, concepts, and techniques. In sum, we believe you will find the book beneficial for preparing counselor education doctoral students and fostering the further growth and development of practicing counselor educators and supervisors.
Acknowledgments
A special thanks to the 61 authors who contributed to this text and to the mentors, counselor educators, teachers, supervisors, scholars, leaders, advocates, students, and clients who inspired this book and the case studies within it.
About the Editors
Jacqueline M. Swank, PhD, LMHC, LCSW, RPT-S, is an associate professor of counselor education at the University of Florida. She has extensive experience working with children and adolescents and their families in various counseling settings, including outpatient, day treatment, inpatient, and residential treatment facilities, and has worked clinically in both the United States and England. Her research interests focus on the holistic growth and development of children and adolescents, counselor competency, assessment, nature and play-based interventions, and international counseling.
Dr. Swank is the author of more than 70 articles and 16 book chapters and is currently working on a second book. She has been recognized for her scholarly work, having received nine awards for specific research projects from professional organizations, including the American Counseling Association, the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, the Association for Adult Development and Aging, the American Horticultural Therapy Association, and Chi Sigma Iota. She has also received a University of Florida University Term Professorship. She is currently the principal investigator on two federally funded grants totaling nearly 1.2 million dollars.
She has a strong commitment to service and has served as president of two national counseling organizations: the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling and the Association for Creativity in Counseling. She has also served in several other leadership capacities at the local, state,