Career Development

Growing a Rewarding Career

Counselors share how they have built fulfilling careers despite challenges.

6 Steps for Recent Graduates in Private Practice

Tips for how to smoothly transition from graduate school to private practice.

Leading the Way

Developing and nurturing the qualities that make a good leader.

An International Student’s Journey to Becoming a Counselor Educator

Taiwo Fafunmi asks Chi Li, PhD, how being an international student shaped her career journey.

Path to Discovery

As the demand for counselors continues to grow, so does the wide array of career opportunities.

How an Associate Counselor Can Target Clientele

Brent Armour, LPC-A, and Jessica Eiseman, LPC-S, discuss how associate practitioners can best connect with their clients.

Choose Your Own Adventure

Diane R. Girardot, LPC, has had a career with more than a few literary detours. It’s a trek that has included jobs with newspapers large & small, a stint in Mexico City, a couple of degrees, and now a sustained private counseling practice in Pennsylvania.

Bridging the Gap

For people who want to return to the workplace after a gap or extended break, the search for the right job can come with serious doubts about getting back into the game.

Finding and Creating Affirming Spaces

Artemis Ray Allen, LPC, realized his own relationship with mental health can be a useful tool that helps him understand and connect with clients.

Experience First, Doctorate Later?

Patrice Bryan and Cort Dorn-Medeiros, PhD, LPC, discuss the benefits of getting clinical experience before starting a doctoral program.

Crisis Communicator

An unexpected career turn led Monica Johnson, LPC, to SAMHSA.

Finding Power and Purpose Within Yourself

We are often taught in society that we should fit in and avoid sticking out in any way. If we are different or break the accepted “cookie cutter” mold, then we face negative consequences of being shamed,

Destined for Counseling

Rick Balkin inspires and educates future and current counselors through his contributions on practicing forgiveness and working with teenagers in crisis.

The Fraud Factor

Imposter syndrome can hold some counselors back, which is why it’s important to learn to recognize and manage it.

Voice of Experience: A farewell and final reflection

For five years, Gregory Moffatt has shared his clinical experiences with our readers, and in this farewell column, he reflects on his own career experiences and how he has always welcomed and embraced new opportunities.  

What I’ve learned as a new professional counselor

Starting a new career in counseling later in life taught one new counseling professional a few important lessons.

Behind the Book: Doing Counseling: Developing Your Clinical Skills and Style

Jude and Julius Austin seek to demystify the counseling process in their new book Doing Counseling: Developing Your Clinical Skills and Style.  

Preparing for private practice

Three counselors share lessons learned so that other clinicians can enter private practice with eyes wide open — both to the challenges and the opportunities.

Choosing your path wisely

Veteran counseling professionals tackle a dozen of the most frequently voiced questions from novice counselors pertaining to navigating career options.

Establishing a private practice

Counselors who dream of the freedom and autonomy they would gain by being their own bosses should also be aware of the many challenges that accompany the rewards.