Political identity represents a salient component of counselor and client identity tied to one’s values and beliefs. The 2016 U.S. presidential election has been viewed as an especially divisive political environment that may have heightened emotion and elevated personal and collective political identities to new levels of awareness.

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Image courtesy of interviewee. November 6, 2020