School Counselor’s Guide to Surviving the First Year

Heather M. Couch is a school counselor in Greater Cincinnati, USA, and an active member in her community.

"I highly recommend this book! It will be a valuable resource for students taking a school counseling internship and/or starting a new school counseling position. I am not aware of any other book that focuses specifically on these two important years. Heather walks the new counselor through a variety of opportunities and challenges. I certainly could have used this resource when I started as a school counselor 30 years ago. She is clearly an advocate for the profession and professional school counselors." — Dr. Brent Richardson, LPCC-s, Professor of Xavier University Counseling Department, USA, and Author, Working with Challenging Youth: Seven Guiding Principles

• Introduction Part I: Before Graduation 1. Internship 2. Networking 3. Testing and Licensure Requirements Part II: New Graduate 4. Job Search and the Interview Process 5. Rejected to Hired Part III: The First Year 6. The Illusion v. the Reality: With Guest Writer Morgan Capucini 7. Crisis and The Resident Expert 8. Balance, Boundaries, and Transference Part IV: The Ins and Outs of Counseling 9. Individual and Group 10. Guidance Lessons or Skills Classes 11. Family Counseling 12. Dealing with Your Own Biases Part V: Defining Who You Are 13. In the School 14. Minimizing Burnout Part VI: Establishing Your Role and Program 15. Applying your Graduate Knowledge 16. Working with Administrators 17. Implementing the ASCA National Model 18. Meeting the Needs of the Whole Child Part VII: Collaboration 19. Administrators and Teachers 20. Other Stakeholders Part VIII: Supervision and Mentorship 21. Redefining Supervision as Mentorship 22. We’re a Team Part IX: Professional Development 23. Get Involved Index