Counseling: Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Assignment

Be sure to review Steps 1 – 11, including the addition of the Turnitin reflection page.

Step 1: Read the assigned textbook readings for this Module: Week.

Step 2: Read two of the following articles listed under the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Resources on the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Assignment page:

Evaluating Independently Licensed Counselors’ Articulation of Professional Identity Using Structural Coding

Interstate Licensure Portability: Logistics and Barriers for Professional Counselors

Advocating for Educational Standards in Counselor Licensure Laws

Chi Sigma Iota Chapter Faculty Advisors’ Experiences of Professional Counselor Identity

Step 3: Write a reaction paper on the information reviewed. Your paper must be in current APA format using professional guidelines (including running head, a title page, abstract, and reference page). The abstract must provide a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the paper in 150–250 words. Note: the title page, abstract, and reference page do not contribute toward the page requirement.

Divide your paper into the following sections (first level headings):

Summary – Synthesize and integrate the main points of the textbook readings and articles in 2 ½ -3 pages, using these second level headings:

The Importance of Professional Identity

The Necessary Components for Professional Identity

The Challenges to Professional Identity

Professional Identity Development Plan– In ½-1 page, discuss the following:

What are your motivators to become a professional counselor?

What will you do to establish your identity as a counselor?

Identify potential challenges that may present barriers to your success (academically, personally, or professionally) and name at least two strategies for how you will manage those barriers.

State Credential Plan – Copy and paste the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Chart Template into your paper (be sure to include a page break) after the last section. Complete the plan according to your state’s counselor requirements as stated on the state’s board of counseling website.

Summary and Reactions to Turnitin Report