Invitation to Dialogue

In this response to the major contribution, “Voices of Early Career Psychol-ogists in the Society of Counseling Psychology, ” the past president of the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP) expresses appreciation, describes aspects of her early career experience in light of the survey findings in the major contribution, offers reflections concerning membership and leader-ship, and makes recommendations for future research and organizational development. The author invites dialogue and collaboration with early career counseling psychologists in order to promote membership and lead-ership of early career professionals in the SCP. Keywords academia, counseling centers, professional issues Even as I write this, I know the title of the article does not capture the reality of my response to the major contribution, “Voices of Early Career Psycholo-gists in the Society of Counseling Psychology ” (Smith et al., 2012). Early career professionals (ECPs) are not necessarily young, I am certainly not an existential poet, and you did not solicit my advice. Nonetheless, I found myself turning to Letters to a Young Poet (Rilke, 1908/1984) as I considered how to respond to the major contribution. I realized that more than wantin