Professional Behaviors and Dispositions

Candace M. McLain, EdD, LPC, ACS, is a core faculty member at Walden University in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and has worked as a clinician, faculty and administrator in higher education for over ten years. She is a licensed professional counselor in both Michigan and Colorado as well as an approved clinical supervisor. Dr. McLain served previously as a clinical coordinator, coordinator of assessment and remediation and has served on the ACES Guidelines for Online Learning. Joelle P. Lewis, EdD, LCSW (CO) is a core faculty member at Walden University in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and has taught in higher education since 2000. She is a licensed clinical social worker in Colorado. Dr. Lewis had a private practice for ten years, specializing in adult survivors of childhood trauma, and was the executive director for a domestic violence treatment program. She also served as the director of a residential treatment center for at-risk adolescents and as a mental health therapist for residential treatment for the chronically mentally ill.

Introduction 1. Professional Behaviors and Dispositions: What Is PB&D? 2. Self-Evaluation and Personal Growth: How Do I Know I Have "IT" 3: How to Exhibit Key Counselor Dispositions: How Do I Get "IT" 4. Lifelong Standards: How to Measure and Keep "IT" 5. Application to Challenging Work: The Lifelong Growth Plan Appendices Resources Glossary