Internship in Counseling

Catalog description

The Internship(s) requires the minimum of supervised 600 total clock hours that is begun after the completion of the practicum. The internship includes 240 total hours of direct service with clients appropriate to the program of study; weekly interaction with an average of one hour per week of individual an/or triadic supervision, throughout the internship(s), (usually performed by the on-site supervisor); an average of 1.5 hours per week of group supervision provided on a regular schedule throughout the internship, usually performed by a program faculty member; the opportunity for the student to become familiar with a variety of professional activities in addition to direct service (record keeping, supervision, information and referral, in-service and staff meetings); the student develops program-appropriate audio and/or videotapes of student's interactions with clients for use in supervision; the opportunity to gain supervised experience in the use of a variety of professional resources such as assessment instruments, technologies, print and non-print media, professional literature, and research, and a formal evaluation of the student's performance during the internship be a program faculty member in consultation with the site supervisor.