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Teaching and Supervision in Counseling

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3561-9244

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8894-3895

Author Biographies

Patrick R. Mullen, Ph.D., NCC, NCSC, ACS, is an associate professor and department chair at Virginia Commonwealth University. His primary research interest includes school counseling, counselor education and supervision, and professional well-being.

Jacob Joseph, Ph.D., is an assistant dean at William & Mary. His primary research interests include assessment and accreditation.

Kaitlin J. Hinchey, LPC & LMFT is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Special Education in the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has over eight years of experience as a family counselor and supervisor in Virginia and has presented on counseling and supervision at international and national conferences. Her research interests include counselor development, social comparison, family counseling, and supporting Latine mental health.

Morgan Walker, PhD, NCC is adjunct faculty in Counselor Education at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She is also a clinician in private practice and specializes in the treatment of eating disorders.

Jennifer Niles, PhD, NCC, NCSC is an assistant professor and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research areas include school counseling, contemplative practices, and positive psychology.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc06ha5R

Abstract

Counselor educators evaluate the professional counseling dispositions of trainees throughout their development within training programs. There have been few consistent articulations of professional dispositions as many programs and measures define them differently. In our study, we developed the Assessment of Professional Counseling Dispositions (APCD) and performed a content validity study of the measure. Our findings provide evidence for the content validity of the APCD. We discuss these findings, their implications, and future research using the measure.

Public Significance Statement

This study advances counselor educators’ understanding of different types of professional counseling dispositions to consider in student learning outcomes. Additionally, it provides a new measure for which counseling training programs can utilize for formative and summative evaluation of counseling students’ professional dispositions.

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