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Despite the fact that our counseling focus is on emerging and young women, not all will present the same spectrum of development and challenges. However, research has suggested that the common developmental tasks occur for most emerging adults regardless of race, culture, or SES background (Arnett, 2016). It is important to consider the uniqueness of each individual client and to realize that individual experiences due to her own diverse intersectionality of backgrounds will make her unique and special. This stage of life provides women with multiple pathways they may follow or circle back through, such as establishing themselves in their careers, graduating from schools, having their first child, or going through a divorce. One major challenge for individuals in this developmental period is career development. Individuals from lower SES backgrounds are less likely to go to college and this can have a profound impact on one’s career and overall life (Arnett, 2016). Individuals will have different paths and counselors would do well to recognize the ways in which clients are diverse. It is the clinician’s job, duty, and responsibility to explore and learn about their client in order to understand their perspectives instead of relying on learned stereotypes.