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Journeys to Professional Excellence
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Journeys to Professional Excellence
Stories of Courage, Innovation, and Risk-Taking in the Lives of Noted Psychologists and Counselors

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September 2017 | 204 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Journeys to Professional Excellence: Stories of Courage, Innovation, and Risk-Taking in the Lives of Noted Psychologists and Counselors edited by Frederic P. Bemak and Robert K. Conyne explores the professional journeys of well-known psychologists and counselors, examining factors that contributed to their successes and struggles in the field. Powerful narratives cover the challenges and joys related to ethnic identity; moving from poverty; finding significance; dealing with immigrant status; exploring public policy; challenging the status quo; experiencing serendipity and exploring one’s way; moving into new professional roles; and taking risks. These stories will ignite passion in future psychologists and counselors by helping them reflect on the relationship between their own personal and professional identities.  

 
Acknowledgments
Robert K. Conyne and Frederic P. Bemak
1. Courage, Innovation, and Risk-Taking in Professional Journeys
Isaac Prilleltensky
2. The Road to Mattering: Challenging the Status Quo, Promoting Wellness and Fairness
Jean Maria Arrigo
3. Peace to Our Ghosts
Sharon L. Bowman
4. Taking the Scenic Route: A Professional Journey
Anthony J. Marsella
5. Travels With a Contrarian Person, Psychologist, Activist: Becoming “Radicalized” by Injustice, Violence, and Stasis
Jean Lau Chin
6. Journey to the West
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
7. Journey to Advance Equity: A Never-Ending Road
Arthur M. Horne
8. Prepared Serendipity Mixed With Naïve but Eager Curiosity
Y. Barry Chung
9. My Journey as a Chinese Immigrant Counseling Psychologist
Patrick H. DeLeon and Omni Cassidy
10. Public Policy’s Highly Personalized Nature
Edil Torres-Rivera
11. Buscando Mi Propio Camino: A Journey of Professional Identity and Honesty
Dorothy L. Espelage
12. A Journey From a Single-Wide Trailer to the White House
Melba J. T. Vasquez
13. My Professional Journey
Frederic P. Bemak and Robert K. Conyne
14. Common Themes of Courage, Innovation, and Risk-Taking
 
About the Editors
 
About the Contributors

Journeys to Professional Excellence is a wonderful collection of diverse narratives. Readers will find themselves drawn into these stories and will leave with a better understanding of what it means to be a practicing counselor.” 

Julie M. Koch and Douglas Knutson
Oklahoma State University

“As a newer counselor educator, I found knowledge, encouragement, inspiration, and a sense of professional kinship in these pages. This book is a great resource for beginning professionals.” 

Kerrie R. Fineran
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne

Journeys to Professional Excellence is an inspirational bricolage woven together by master artists, the editors. The bricoles provided by each author are bound to inspire, motivate, and encourage readers to reach for the stars in their professional endeavors, even in their personal lives.” 

Enobong J. Inyang
Texas A & M University – Texarkana

“Exceptional book!  Relevant to counselors’ global professional growth.” 

Mary Olufunmilayo Adekson

“This is exactly what counseling educators need to train up future professionals. Knowing information is one thing but learning and understanding how it works is another. Bemak and Conyne fill this gap by addressing the experience of a professional from an application perspective.” 

Felicia E. Ward
Texas A & M University Commerce

“Narratives have always been a significant means of communicating from one generation to the next.  This book is a wonderful gift to current and future counselors sharing thoughts, values, and insights of leaders in the counseling profession.”

LaVerne K. Jordan
Colorado Christian University

Frederic Paul Bemak

Fred Bemak is a Professor and Academic Program Coordinator of the Counseling and Development Program and Director and co-founder of the Diversity Research and Action Center at George Mason University.  He is also the founder and Director of Counselors Without Borders. He began his career working in Upward Bound, where he later became the Director, providing a foundation for his lifetime work in cross-cultural psychology. He has held administrative faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University and Ohio State University.  Fred has over 100 publications in professional journals and book chapters, and has co-authored 5 books. He has... More About Author

Robert K. Conyne

Robert K. Conyne, Ph.D., William A. Allen Boeing Endowed Chair & Distinguished Professor, Seattle University, 2013-14 and Professor Emeritus from the University of Cincinnati, is a licensed psychologist, clinical counselor, and fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) and the American Psychological Association. He has amassed 42 years of professional experience as a university professor and department head, counselor, administrator, consultant, and trainer, and, most recently, as a consultant to military personnel and their families at U.S. installations both at home and overseas. Bob has received many awards... More About Author

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