Gatekeeping is an ethical imperative consigned to all counselor educators. While gatekeeping has been studied from the general perspective of counselor educators, no studies exist which examine the perspectives of new adjunct counselor educators' gatekeeping in online settings. As online clinical mental health counseling programs continue to increase in number, so too does the burgeoning reliance on adjunct faculty to meet program needs. The purpose of this research study was to examine the perceptions of new adjunct counselor educators' self-efficacy to perform their gatekeeper role in online clinical mental health counseling programs. A generic qualitative inquiry was conducted using Bandura's 1977 and 1986 self-efficacy theory as a theoretical framework to explore the perceptions of 12 new online adjunct counselor educators as they reflected on their online gatekeeping experiences. Semi-structured interviews were used to elucidate participants' gatekeeping self-efficacy perceptions, which were conducted virtually over Zoom (education edition). After a two-cycle coding process was applied, the research data were analyzed using the theoretical analysis procedure outlined by Percy et al. in 2015. NVivo was used to aid the coding application to ensure a thorough analysis of the raw data. The findings of this research study suggest six contributing factors are influencing the online gatekeeping self-efficacy perceptions of new adjunct counselor educators: (a) gatekeeper role confusion, (b) experiential opportunities, (c) connection and inclusion, (d) emotional excitation, (e) barriers inherent to online settings, and (f) cultural bias and broaching trepidation. The limitations of the research study are reviewed. Implications for the broader community of stakeholders are discussed, and recommendations for future research are provided. [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/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]