Journeys To Professional Excellence: Lessons From Leading Counselor Educators And Practitioners

Fifteen leaders in the counseling field share their personal and professional stories in this refreshingly honest and deeply moving book. Through powerful and revealing narratives, these esteemed counselors disclose how they chose their career paths, what challenges they have faced, what factors contributed to their successes and failures, how they balance work and their personal lives, and what advice they have for those entering the profession. Both beginning counselors and seasoned professionals will find this book to be an inspirational tool for self-reflection and assessment.

This book captures poignant accounts of the personal journeys of professional counselors. These stories embody the values, early experiences, and special relationships that have influenced career goals and decisions for people who have chosen counseling as their career. --Patricia Arredondo, EdD, Arizona State University, ACA President

These counselors are not attempting to prescribe one way of meeting professional goals, rather their aim is to challenge readers to examine what they most hope to accomplish in their own professional careers. The diversity of perspectives presented in this book will encourage readers to search for their own paths. --Gerald Corey, EdD, ABPP, Fellow, ACA, California State University at Fullerton