Counseling Internship I

Catalog description

This course is a distinctly defined, post-practicum, supervised clinical experience in which the student develops, refines and enhances basic counseling and professional development knowledge and skills — and integrates and authenticates professional knowledge and skills appropriate to their program (CACREP Standards, 2016). Students are required to complete 300 experiential field hours in a clinical setting over the course of the semester. This course provides the student with the practical application of the theories, skills and knowledge gathered over the period of training in the counseling program. The student spends 300 hours in a clinical setting as a counselor-in-training under the supervision of mental health professionals. Students experience 120 hours in direct service responsibilities.