Developing a professional identity as a researcher is more than just developing research skills. The facilitators will share an innovative doctoral course called “Developing a Research Identity in Counselor Education” that uses meta-cognitive, affective, and experiential approaches to help students fully embrace a researcher identity. The course helps students create an intentional and self-reflective strategy for their own research identity development. Participants will receive resources to share with their doctoral students, as well as to use themselves.