The personal integration into the professional identity of doctoral students has been under-researched in the profession of counselor education. While a considerable amount of research has attended to personal congruence in the professional development of emerging counselors, this value seems to be absent from current counselor education literature. There exists an implication for how doctoral students develop into counselor educators, if they are not encouraged to maintain authenticity as they develop into their identity as emerging educators. This current research aimed to explore the process of personal and professional identity integration of counselor education doctoral students, and what factors influenced the development. The objective was to understand what contributes to doctoral students' abilities to remain authentic, while also adhering to the expectations of the counselor education profession and larger higher education systems. Six current counselor education doctoral students in various stages of their program were recruited as participants. Two rounds of interviews, two interpretive dialogues, a group member check, and elicited documents were used to examine this process and elicit meaning. Participants' narratives revealed five essential categories that influence the identity integration process: encountering emerging professional identity, maintaining congruence, applying situated identity, learning from relationship, and persevering. Findings also indicated the impact of students choosing to encounter their identity reconstruction at critical milestones, where their sense of self and confidence in their abilities was disrupted. The implications of these results are that one's willingness to engage in self-reflection as a means for taking responsibility and progressing as a counselor educator informs the depth and progression of their integrated identity development. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]