Critical Incidents in Counselor Education

Book excerpt: The challenging, complex critical incidents counselors educators navigate within their multiple roles become learning opportunities for growth and development. As we have trained and mentored counselor education doctoral students and new counselor educators, as well as reflected back on our own experiences as counselor educators, we are reminded of the similarities in the challenging situations we have experienced. Learning from others' experiences may help aspiring and new counselor educators and supervisors avoid pitfalls in addressing similar situations. Thus, we designed this book to help you navigate critical incidents commonly experienced in counselor education and supervision. The cases are largely fictitious or composite, but the situations are real and experienced by counselor educators frequently in their work settings"--