Unmistaken identity | Counseling Today What constitutes the identity of a counselor? Perhaps the answer, in its simplest form, can be found in the way that counselors introduce themselves. Martin Ritchie keeps it simple: “Hello, I’m Martin Ritchie, and I’m a professional counselor.” “I learned this from Sam Gladding,” says Ritchie, professor and chair of the Department of School Psychology, Legal Specialties and Counselor Education at the University of Toledo. Thankfully, Gladding says, the frequency with which he must follow that introductory sentence with an explanation decreases with each passing year. How to define who counselors are and what they do is a topic that 20/20: A Vision for the Future of Counseling, an initiative spearheaded by the American Counseling Association and the American Association of State Counseling Boards, has delved into deeply in recent years. Growing pains The profession has come a long way since the 1970s and ’80s, when the question “Who are we as counselors?” Know thyself Gladding agrees.
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