Description
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper explaining counseling scope of practice, counselor identity, and counseling careers. Include the following key elements in your paper:
Counseling Scope of Practice
Summarize professional counseling licensure requirements in your state (approximately one paragraph).
Provide a bulleted list of some procedures, processes, etc. that counselors can legally perform in clinical practice.
Counselor Identity
Explain the concept of counseling as a professional identity.
What does it mean to have a professional identity as a counselor?
Why is a professional counseling identity important?
Explain how adhering to a counseling code of ethics supports your professional counseling identity.
Counseling Careers
Reflect on the counseling scope of practice you researched and describe 3 of the duties of a professional counselor.
Describe at least 2 career paths you want to pursue after graduation.
Describe 2 professional settings you would consider after graduation and explain why they are of interest to you
Use the resources in the APA Resources learning activity in Week 1 to guide you as you write your paper.
Cite 2–3 scholarly sources and format your citations and references according to APA guidelines.
