In an effort to better understand yourself, your motivations, interests, and influencers, research a counseling profession and write an essay that helps to develop a better understand of your own career development.

Counselor Research Paper

You will submit a paper researching a type of counselor you are interested in. You may choose from the following list:

• Career/Guidance Counselor
• Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT)
• Marriage, Family and Child Counselor (MFCC)
• Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)
• Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• Child Psychologist
• School Counselor (K-12)
• School Psychologist
• College Counselor
• Specializations may include EOPS, DSPS, Athletics
• Rehabilitation Counselor
• Substance Abuse Counselor
• Pastoral Counselor

(If you find a type of counseling you are interested in that is not on this list, email your instructor for approval prior to writing your paper.)

In an effort to better understand yourself, your motivations, interests, and influencers, you will research a counseling profession and write an essay that helps to develop a better understand of your own career development. You may want to consider interviewing an individual working in the position you chose. Interviewing a subject is not required, but can be a helpful way to learn more about the type of counselor you are interested in (and can be used as one of your required 3 sources).

Your essay should include:

Definition of the type of counselor you chose
Attributes of the type of counselor you chose
Work life / experiences of the type of counselor you chose
What level of education and training it takes to be that type of counselor
Why you chose the type of counselor
Why you think you would be a good counselor in that field
Your paper should be written in WORD (or similar word processing program). Your paper is to be double spaced and 5-7 pages in length. Any papers submitted less than 5 pages or more than 7 will be marked down.