Accessing the Liberty University’s Online Library, retrieve, download, and read at least 3 sources on one of the following topics. Keep in mind that at least 1 source needs to be from a professional journal and 1 source needs to be from a professional publication such as a textbook.
• The differences between professional counseling and other mental health professions
• Professional counseling and social justice
• Characteristics of the effective counselor
• Counselor wellness and impairment
• Professional counselor credentialing
Once the sources and topic are obtained, write a 5–6-page paper, (excluding tile page, abstract, and reference page) that is in current APA format and includes the following:
• Title Page
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion
• References
• Save your paper as a Microsoft Word document, under your name and assignment title (Example: Doe_J_assignment_1).
• By 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of Module/Week 4, submit your essay through the SafeAssign link in the Assignments folder. The SafeAssign link is marked by a green check mark to its left and is titled “Research Paper DRAFT.” The green check mark indicates that your paper is being submitted to the SafeAssign program in order to check for plagiarism.
• Wait until the link indicates that SafeAssign has analyzed your paper and prepared a report. If you are uncertain about this step, see the presentation on SafeAssign in the Reading & Study folder of Module/Week 4.
• Open the SafeAssign report and examine it. Again, if you are uncertain, see the directions on using SafeAssign referenced above. The goal is to reach a similarity index of less than 25%. If you receive an index greater than 25%, you have unintentionally plagiarized.
• Rework your paper until you get a similarity index less than 25%. Submit the final essay using the second assignment link, titled the same as the above link but with a different symbol to its left.