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Professional Identity Development: A Grounded Theory of Transformational Tasks of New Counselors
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Professional identity development is an important professional issue. Examining the lived experiences of counselors‐in‐training (CITs), the authors used grounded theory methodology to describe the transformational tasks that are required for professional identity development. Tasks include finding a personal definition of counseling, internalizing responsibility for professional growth, and developing a systemic identity—all simultaneously manifesting as students progress from focus on experts to self‐validation. Counselor educators can facilitate movement through these transformational tasks by helping CITs to increase self‐evaluating, self‐motivating, and self‐locating within a professional community.
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By focusing on the practical application of professional counseling identity through case conceptualization, the current study moved beyond self-report measures such as the PISC or the LGB-KASH.
“By focusing on the practical application of professional counseling identity (Gibson et al., 2010;Moss et al., 2014) through case conceptualization, the current study moved beyond selfreport measures such as the PISC (Woo & Henfield, 2015) or the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Knowledge and Attitudes Scale for Heterosexuals (Worthington et al., 2005).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gibson, D. M., Dollarhide, C. T., & Moss, J. M.
- Affiliations
- University of South Carolina (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gibson, Donna M.
- Venue
- Counselor Education and Supervision
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-09
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 21-38
- ISSN
- 0011-0035 (ISSN-L)
- 1556-6978
- OpenAlex
- W2054309215
- Cited by
- 330
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Counselor Education and Supervision (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Social Work Education and Practice
- Keywords
- professional identity formation, counselors-in-training, counselor education, career development, self-validation, professional community, self-motivation, self-assessment
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