388 The Professional Counselor | Volume 13, Issue 4 agreed to participate completed the consent forms, a demographic form, and a one-time Zoom interview. Participants received a $25 gift card for their involvement in the study. We recruited for about 5 weeks after interviewing 10 counselors. After the tenth interview was completed and we concluded the first round of analysis for all interviews, we felt that data saturation was achieved when similar codes showed up throughout the data. The resulting participant pool consisted of 10 counselors (nine female and one male) ranging in age from 27 to 61 years (M = 40.7, Mdn = 38.5, SD = 11.1). Seven participants identified as White, two participants identified as Hispanic, and one participant identified as Asian. The participants also identified their employment setting: university (n = 1), agency (n = 3), and private practice (n = 6). Participants disclosed providing services in one or several states such as Alabama (n = 1), Florida (n = 1), Missouri (n = 1), Nevada (n = 1), North Carolina (n = 1), and Texas (n = 7). One participant also reported providing services to sex trafficking survivors in the United Kingdom. Years working with survivors of sex trafficking ranged from 1 to 13+ years, with a range of three to 50+ clients who disclosed their sex trafficking experience. One participant (Alejandra) who had worked primarily with survivors of sexual abuse did not indicate their number “since a lot of clients I have worked with do not readily admit to being sex trafficked, I’m not sure.” Table 1 outlines participant demographics in more detail. Table 1 Participant Demographics Pseudonym Age Gender Race/ Ethnicity Work Setting Years of Service # ST Clients CACREP Kimberly 48 Female White Private Practice 11 30 Yes John 38 Male White University 11 5 Yes Stacy 33 Female White Private Practice 8 3+ Yes Alejandra 54 Female Hispanic Agency Unsure Most of career No Fen 39 Female Asian Private Practice 5 4 Yes Cassandra 33 Female White Private Practice 5 50+ Yes Tiffany 27 Female White Private Practice 1 25 Yes Amanda 29 Female White Private Practice 4 5 Yes Ana 61 Female Hispanic Agency 13+ 20 Yes Cristina 45 Female White Agency 3 10+ No Note. Years of Service = Years providing services to ST survivors; ST = Sex trafficking; CACREP = Program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.
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