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Building on our profession’s history of effective advocacy for clients and the right of professional counselors to serve students and clients in the community, counseling advocates continue to press for important changes across all levels (individual, community, systemwide) and settings. Many of these efforts occur daily on behalf of an individual student or client as counselors work with individuals to navigate the barriers that impede their growth and wellness. Other efforts may require more extensive leadership skills that address systemic concerns, which is evidenced through the lives of courageous and determined counselors who put service before individual rewards and conveniences.

Our hope is that you, like the leaders profiled in this book, will identify the needs of today and step forward with a servant leadership approach (Greenleaf, 1970; Lewis, 2012) that makes a difference in our profession and in the world. As an initial guide for your journey, we offer some practical strategies rooted in Trusty and Brown’s (2005) advocacy model, and we identify ongoing challenges in schools and institutions of higher education, clinical mental health settings, and in counselor education.