Professional Counseling Excellence through Leadership and Advocacy

Professional Counseling Excellence through Leadership and Advocacy provides readers with the knowledge, skills, and qualities to succeed as leaders and advocates throughout their careers. Edited by leaders in counselor education and endorsed by Chi Sigma Iota, this text places leadership and advocacy in a historical context while strengthening the foundational knowledge and skills counselors need. The new edition integrates the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCCs) and applies them to a variety of counseling settings at both local and state levels. Chapters also address leadership and design of effective counselor education programs, curricular implications, supervision and consultation, and research directions. The new edition is designed for counselor educators and supervisors and doctoral-level counselor education students who are studying leadership and advocacy as one of five core areas within the 2016 CACREP standards and for master's level students and practitioners who are growing their leadership and advocacy skills.

Catherine Y. Chang, PhD, LPC, NCC, CPCS, is a professor at Georgia State University, where she is also director of International Programs for the College of Education and Human Development. Casey A. Barrio Minton, PhD, NCC, is professor of counselor education and Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program coordinator at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Section I: Foundations of Leadership in Counseling; 1. Leadership for the Counseling Profession; 2. Foundations of Leadership: Theory, Philosophy, and Research; 3. Professional Leadership, Leading Well: Characteristics, Principles, and Ethics of Effective Counseling Leaders; 4. On Becoming a Leader: A Journey ; Section II: Foundations of Advocacy in Counseling; 5. Professional Advocacy: Being Allowed to Do Good; 6. Professional Advocacy: A Professional Responsibility; 7. Social Justice as the 5th Force in Counseling; 8. Theoretical Foundations of Client Advocacy; 9. Client Advocacy: In Action; Section III: Leadership and Advocacy Roles in Counseling; 10. Leadership and Advocacy in Counselor Education Programs: Administration, Mentorship, and Culture; 11. Supervision and Consultation: Promoting Advocacy and Leadership; 12. Leadership and Advocacy in Schools and Universities; 13. Leadership and Advocacy in Mental Health Agencies and Community Programs; 14. Leadership and Advocacy in Professional Organizations; 15. Leadership and Advocacy through Research and Program Evaluation Best practices; Section IV: Future Directions for Counseling Leadership and Advocacy; 16. Leadership Training: Master's and Doctoral Curricula; 17. Advocacy Training: Curriculum for Professional and Client Advocacy; 18. Leadership and Advocacy: Vision for the Future.