James M. Smith, M.Ed., LPC, NCC is the Director of Student Health and Counseling Services at Lincoln University of Missouri in Jefferson City. He has held various positions in the mental health field, including being a qualified mental health provider in the prison setting, a supervisor of the Integrated Dual Diagnoses Treatment team in a CPRC, and the director of a medication assisted opioid treatment program. He is nearing completion of his dissertation for a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision. His dissertation research is a qualitative study of factors that contribute to adult male survivors’ disclosure of childhood sexual abuse. He has provided supervision to counseling interns in the M.Ed. program at Lincoln University and to post-graduate counselors-in-training and provisional licensed professional counselors.

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Ethics of Supervising: Gatekeeping, Remediation, and Ethical Decision Making