6: Experiences and Mentoring Needs of a New International Counselor Educator in the US

The counseling profession is becoming globalized more than ever, leading to more counselors seeking to pursue graduate studies in counseling in the United States. This leads to more counselors holding a doctorate wishing to secure faculty positions in the US as counselor educators. This chapter will highlight an international counselor educator’s experiences and mentoring needs in a US counselor education faculty position. It will present some cultural challenges faced at different stages of the counselor-educator process, including initial adjustment to a faculty position and the mentoring needs in teaching, scholarly, and service work.