Editorial Perspective

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Greetings from the Editorial Desk of the Journal of Professional Counseling. The first issue of Volume 47 has some fantastic contributions from some outstanding authors. First, Stark, Goodrich, Crofts, and Brammer explore the influence of exposure to mental health professionals on knowledge of those professions. In this article, the authors replicate previous work on the topic and highlight similarities and differences between their results and the original study. Their findings are important for how counselors communicate with their clients about their professional roles. Second, Coll, Sawyer, Fear, Scholl, and Hauser discuss the use of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) for adolescents in a residential setting. First, the authors explore the differences between a sample of adolescents in a residential setting and the norming group for the assessment. Then, they discuss best practices for administration, scoring, and interpretation of the assessment for adolescents in this setting. Finally, McLean, La Guardia, Watts, and Nelson delve into the relationship between body shame and life satisfaction in women. The authors highlight the interrelationship between sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, and body shame, and how all of these relate to life satisfaction. They also discuss the importance of addressing these aspects in counseling. All three articles provide interesting and unique contributions with important implications for counselors. Joshua and I are so excited to share them with you. We are always on the lookout for quality submissions, please just be sure to review our author guidelines prior to submitting. In addition, the journal has now officially moved to APA 7th Edition style. This means that any new manuscripts submitted (as of March 1st) need to be in the new format. For more information on the changes in the new APA 7th Edition, please visit the APA website: apastyle.apa.org JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING: PRACTICE, THEORY & RESEARCH 2020, VOL. 47, NO. 1, 1–2 https://doi.org/10.1080/15566382.2020.1740047