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About the Authors

Samuel T. Gladding, PhD, is a professor and past chair of the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been a practicing counselor in both public and private agencies since 1971. His leadership in the field of counseling includes service as

 president of the American Counseling Association (ACA),

 president of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES),

 president of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW),

 president of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC),

 president of Chi Sigma Iota (counseling academic and professional honor society international),

 president of the American Association of State Counseling Boards (AASCB), and

 vice president of the Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC).

Gladding is the former editor of the Journal for Specialists in Group Work and the ASGW newsletter. He is also the past chair of the American Counseling Association Foundation. A prolific author of refereed journal articles, books, book chapters, and poetry, Gladding was cited as being in the top 1% of contributors to ACA’s flagship journal, the Journal of Counseling & Development, for the 15-year period from 1978 to 1993. Some of Gladding’s most recent books are The Creative Arts in Counseling (6th ed.; 2021), A Concise Guide to Opioid Addiction for Counselors (with Kevin Alderson, 2021), Group Work: A Counseling Specialty (8th ed.; 2020), Family Therapy: History, Theory and Process (7th ed.; 2019), Choosing the Right Counselor for You (with Kevin Alderson, 2019), The Counseling Dictionary (4th ed.; 2018), and Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession (8th ed.; 2018). In addition, Gladding has produced a dozen films on counseling, his most recent being Adventures in Mental Health, a humorous animated production.

Gladding’s previous academic appointments have been at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Fairfield University (Connecticut), and Rockingham Community College (Wentworth, North Carolina). He was also Director of Children’s Services at the Rockingham County (North Carolina) Mental Health Center at the beginning of his career. Gladding received his degrees from Wake Forest University (BA, MAEd), Yale University (MAR), and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (PhD). He is a national certified counselor, a certified clinical mental health counselor, and a licensed clinical mental health counselor (North Carolina). He has served as a member of the North Carolina Board of Examiners in Counseling and the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling.

Gladding is a Fellow of ACA and the recipient of numerous other honors, including

 ACA’s Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person,

 ACA’s Arthur A. Hitchcock Distinguished Professional Service Award,

 ACA’s David K. Brooks, Jr. Distinguished Mentor Award,

 the American Counseling Association Foundation’s Bridgebuilder Award,

 ACA’s President’s Award,

 the Association for Creativity in Counseling Lifetime Achievement Award,

 the Association for Spirituality, Ethics, and Religious Issues in Counseling Humanitarian Award,

 Chi Sigma Iota’s Thomas J. Sweeney Professional Leadership Award,

 AHC’s Joseph W. and Lucille U. Hollis Outstanding Publication Award,

 ACES’s Professional Leadership Award,

 ASGW’s Eminent Career Award,

 the North Carolina Counseling Association’s Ella Stephens Barrett Award for leadership and service to the counseling profession, and

 the American Counseling Association Foundation’s 2021 Thomas Hohenshil National Publication Award.

Dr. Gladding is married to Claire Tillson Gladding and is the father of three grown children: Ben, Nate, and Tim. Outside of counseling, he enjoys walking, swimming, pop music, and humor.