View from the witness stand: licensed counselors’ experiences providing court testimony

Authors

Katherine Murphy, Wayne State College
Maribeth F. Jorgensen, Central Washington UniversityFollow
Seth Olson, University of South Dakota

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Psychology

Publication Date

5-13-2020

Abstract

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how licensed professional counselors (LPCs) experienced court testimony. Data was collected through interviews with 11 LPCs, all graduates from CACREP accredited programs. The following four themes emerged: (1) unprepared for court testimony; (2) ethical dilemmas in court testimony; (3) emotional responses to court testimony; and (4) professional identity and court testimony. The authors provide suggestions for training programs to contextualize court testimony within counselor professional identity.

Comments

This article was originally published in Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Recommended Citation

Murphy, K., Jorgensen, M. F., & Olson, S. (2020). View from the witness stand: licensed counselors’ experiences providing court testimony. Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy, 7(2), 118–131. https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716x.2020.1758598

Journal

Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy