New Horizons: Case Writing and Teaching Comes to Counselor Education

Authors

  • Robin Guill Liles North Carolina A&T State University

Keywords:

counselor educator, counseling education program, case study, professional development

Abstract

This case describes a counselor educator's experiences as she learns about and tests the case writing and teaching method within a counselor education program. Traditional counselor education programs may be defined as set courses, usually requiring 40-50 hours of classroom instruction, followed by and concluding with several hundred hours of internship (practical) experience. The case is intended to help counselor educators think about new and innovative ways of imparting some real-life flavor into the academic setting, thus allowing counselors-in-training to gain insights into the counseling process prior to final stages of their academic preparation (i.e., internship). Additionally, counselor educators responsible for training doctoral-level and future counselor educators could use this case to generate discussions about the counselor education process, as well as overall professional development.

The case may be presented in "sections," with relevant questions, activities, and discussions, or in whole. Characters are real; however, names have been disguised to protect confidentiality.

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Published

2021-03-09

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Section

Cases