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Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2025

Subjects

Counseling -- Computer-assisted instruction, Counseling -- Education, Counselors -- Training of, Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects, Counselor educators -- Training of, Professional ethics -- Higher education, College teachers (Part-time)

Abstract

This interpretative phenomenological analysis study examined how adjunct instructors teaching online clinical counseling courses experienced gatekeeping in the context of the university system. The research question was: How do online, adjunct instructors teaching master’s level clinical counseling courses experience their university interactions as a part of gatekeeping? The participants described five experiential themes. These were: a) Balancing marginalization in the system with advocacy for the profession; b) Maneuvering through dependency on the system in gatekeeping; c) Finding consultation while navigating gatekeeping interactions; d) Managing the intensity of clinical courses; and e) Navigating the steep learning curve of learning how to gatekeep within university systems. The findings suggest multiple implications for counselor education departments utilizing adjunct hires to fill online clinical courses.

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Research Commons at Kutztown University © 2025. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Research Commons at Kutztown University. The posting of this article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository affiliated with the author's place of employment is permitted by a personal-use exemption.

DOI

10.70013/v0dopsmn

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/43068

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