Burnout and impairment among professional counselors are serious concerns. Additionally, counselors' work environments may influence their levels of burnout and wellness. The purpose of this exploratory study was to gain a greater understanding of how counselors experience wellness and how their work environment influences their sense of wellness. We used a qualitative, phenomenological approach because we were seeking to understand the participants' lived experience of the phenomena (Creswell,

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... 2007). The research team consisted of two counselor educators; who at the time of the study were doctoral students at a university in the Southeastern United States. The first author is a Caucasian male and the second author is a Caucasian female.