Counseling: Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Assignment
Be sure to review Steps 1 – 11, including the addition of the Turnitin reflection page.
Step 1: Read the assigned textbook readings for this Module: Week.
Step 2: Read two of the following articles listed under the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Resources on the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Assignment page:
Evaluating Independently Licensed Counselors’ Articulation of Professional Identity Using Structural Coding
Interstate Licensure Portability: Logistics and Barriers for Professional Counselors
Advocating for Educational Standards in Counselor Licensure Laws
Chi Sigma Iota Chapter Faculty Advisors’ Experiences of Professional Counselor Identity
Step 3: Write a reaction paper on the information reviewed. Your paper must be in current APA format using professional guidelines (including running head, a title page, abstract, and reference page). The abstract must provide a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the paper in 150–250 words. Note: the title page, abstract, and reference page do not contribute toward the page requirement.
Divide your paper into the following sections (first level headings):
Summary – Synthesize and integrate the main points of the textbook readings and articles in 2 ½ -3 pages, using these second level headings:
The Importance of Professional Identity
The Necessary Components for Professional Identity
The Challenges to Professional Identity
Professional Identity Development Plan– In ½-1 page, discuss the following:
What are your motivators to become a professional counselor?
What will you do to establish your identity as a counselor?
Identify potential challenges that may present barriers to your success (academically, personally, or professionally) and name at least two strategies for how you will manage those barriers.
State Credential Plan – Copy and paste the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Chart Template into your paper (be sure to include a page break) after the last section. Complete the plan according to your state’s counselor requirements as stated on the state’s board of counseling website.
Summary and Reactions to Turnitin Report
