About this journal

The Journal of Counselor Leadership & Advocacy (JCLA), a publication of Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International, provides professional counselors, counselor educators, and counseling students with research and evidence-based recommendations in topics that promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership, advocacy, and excellence in counseling. Through high-quality research, scholarship, and professional dialogue, the primary purposes of this peer-reviewed journal are to promote the development of leaders to serve in diverse counseling settings, bring awareness to professional and client advocacy initiatives, and provide a forum for discussing professional issues. JCLA welcomes empirical, theoretical, and conceptual manuscripts focused on leadership, professional and client advocacy, and professional identity for counselors, counseling students, and counselor educators. Because evidence-based practice is at the heart of the counseling profession, JCLA will occasionally publish exemplary scholarship related to evidence-based practice in counseling practice, supervision, and education.

JCLA is focused on promoting leadership and advocacy in all professional counseling settings and specialties (e.g., counselor education, school counseling, clinical counseling, and rehabilitation counseling). JCLA will publish articles in five categories:

· Leadership development – Research and conceptual/theoretical articles that address leadership development within counseling practice, supervision, or education.

· Professional advocacy – Research and conceptual/theoretical articles that address professional advocacy within counseling practice, supervision, or education.

· Client advocacy – Research and conceptual/theoretical articles that address client advocacy within counseling practice, supervision, or education.

· Professional identity – Research and conceptual/theoretical articles that address issues related to professional identity and professional identity development within counseling practice, supervision, or education.

· Evidence-based practice – Original research and grounded literature reviews that may advance the profession via exemplary evidence-based practice in counseling, supervision, or education.

JCLA will publish four major types of articles with a primary focus on the first two types:

· Research articles – original quantitative, qualitative, or mixed method research up to 30 pages in length including all references and tables.

· Theoretical/conceptual articles – theoretical or conceptual pieces, founded upon on evidence-based practice up to 25 pages in length including all references and tables.

· Research briefs – brief summaries regarding original quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research up to 15 pages in length including all references and tables.

· Special features – Editorial comments, profiles, or media reviews solicited by editor on case-by-case basis; at no time will special features comprise more than 20% of JCLA contents

Peer Review Policy: Manuscript submissions are subject to intial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymouse expert referees. Invited papers will be reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief and sent for external review at the Editor’s discretion.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106 .

CO-EDITORS
Michael D. Brubaker, PhD - Professor, School of Human Services, University of Cincinnati, USA
Cassandra A. Storlie, PhD - Associate Professor, Counselor Education & Supervision, Kent State University, USA

FORMER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Melissa Luke, PhD - Dean's Professor, Department of Counseling and Human Services, Syracuse University, USA

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Madison See

EDITORIAL BOARD
Eric Baltrinic, PhD – University of Alabama, USA
Casey Barrio Minton, PhD – University of Tennessee, USA
Sharon Bruner, PhD - Syracuse University, USA
Karisee Callender, PhD - Marquette University, USA
Nancy Carlson, PhD - Walden University, USA
Jamie Carney, PhD - Auburn University, USA
Catherine Chang, PhD - Georgia State University, USA
Yi-Ju Cheng, PhD - Rider University, USA
Carlos Del Rio, PhD – Bellevue University, USA
Angel Dowden, PhD - North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University, USA
Isabell Farrell, PhD – Wake Forest University, USA
Laura Fazio-Griffith, PhD – Southeastern Louisiana University, USA
Stephen Flynn, PhD – Plymouth State University, USA
Ned Golubovik, PhD – San Diego State University, USA
Kristopher Goodrich, PhD – University of New Mexico, USA
Arie Greenleaf, PhD – Seattle University, USA
Yuh-Jen Guo, PhD – St. Cloud State University, USA
John Harrichand, PhD – University of Texas, San Antonio, USA
Chaiqua Harris, PhD – Liberty University, USA
Dayle Jones, PhD – University of Central Florida, USA
Maribeth Jorgensen, PhD – Central Washington University, USA
Stephen Kennedy, PhD – Chi Sigma Iota, USA
Kathryn (Katie) Kozak, PhD – Tennessee Tech University, USA
Amanda LaGuardia, PhD – University of Cincinnati, USA
Suzanne Mayer, PhD - Neumann University, USA
Caroline O’Hara, PhD - Syracuse University, USA
Cynthia Osborn, PhD - Kent State University, USA
Harvey Peters, PhD – George Washington University, USA
Derek Seward, PhD – Syracuse University, USA
Jordan Shannon, PhD – Seattle Pacific University, USA
Jennifer Smith, PhD - University of Northern Colorado, USA
Nancy Thacker, PhD – Auburn University, USA
Julia Whisenhunt, PhD - University of West Georgia, USA
Susannah Wood, PhD – University of Iowa, USA

AD HOC REVIEWERS
Allison Arnekrans, PhD
Na Mi Bang
Matthew Beck, PhD
Janice Byrd, PhD
Andrew D. Felton, PhD
David Jones, PhD
Hyunhee Kim, PhD
Chris LaFever, PhD
Ya-Wen Liang, PhD
James McMullan, PhD
Erik Messinger, PhD
Kristine Ramsay-Seaner, PhD
Jyotsana Sharma, PhD
Erin M. West, PhD
Victoria White Kress, PhD
Brittany Williams, PhD