ACA -CCPA 2016 Conference & Expo

ID #747-Blurred Lines: Defining Counseling for Undergraduate Students Majoring in the Helping Professions (Room 210E, Poster 11)

01 Apr 16
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Counselor Education, Graduate Student Issues

Speaker(s): Sarah Davis, Graduate Student, Marywood University; Kelly Clark, Graduate Student, Marywood University; Melissa Gericke, Graduate Student, Marywood University; Nicole Dunbar, Graduate Student, Marywood University; Alyssa Galassi, Graduate Student, Marywood University; Richard Joseph Behun, Assistant Professor of Counseling, Marywood University; Shamshad Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Counseling, Marywood University

Counseling, unlike other related helping professions, usually has no corresponding undergraduate major and, therefore, undergraduate students in the helping professions do not have the opportunity to learn the identity of the professional counselor until after they are enrolled in a master’s program. This poster session will describe a Chi Sigma Iota chapter’s implementation of a program that advocates for professional counseling identity with undergraduate students in various helping profession majors.