{"title":"Mentorship and Professional Identity: Reflections of School Counselors’ Doctoral Experiences","authors":"Haley R. Ault, Mary K. Wynn","doi":"10.1002/ceas.70011","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p>Using narrative inquiry methodology, this study explored the professional identity development (PID) of school counselors who pursued counselor education degrees, focusing on the role of mentors during their doctoral training. Findings revealed that mentors who affirmed their identities and fostered mutual, empowering relationships played a critical role in PID. We highlight the participants’ stories of PID through multivocal vignettes and discuss implications and recommendations for supporting school counselors in counselor education programs.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":46905,"journal":{"name":"COUNSELOR EDUCATION AND SUPERVISION","volume":"65 1","pages":"86-99"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"COUNSELOR EDUCATION AND SUPERVISION","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ceas.70011","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/12/6 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Using narrative inquiry methodology, this study explored the professional identity development (PID) of school counselors who pursued counselor education degrees, focusing on the role of mentors during their doctoral training. Findings revealed that mentors who affirmed their identities and fostered mutual, empowering relationships played a critical role in PID. We highlight the participants’ stories of PID through multivocal vignettes and discuss implications and recommendations for supporting school counselors in counselor education programs.
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Counselor Education and Supervision is dedicated to publishing manuscripts concerned with research, theory development, or program applications related to counselor education and supervision. It is concerned with the preparation and supervision of counselors in agency or school settings, in colleges and universities or at local, state, or federal levels. This journal is the official publication of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), a member association of the American Counseling Association (ACA).