Internship in Mental Health Counseling II

Catalog description

This is the second course in the two-semester internship sequence that is part of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. This course complements the 300 hours of supervised practical experience to be gained concurrently at the student's fieldwork placement in a mental health counseling setting during the spring semester. The course will focus on the integration of didactic learning with the actual experience of counseling in an agency setting by addressing specific topics, internship experiences, and counseling cases. Topics addressed will include assessing and negotiating learning needs; understanding the nature and culture of the internship site; the professional role of the counselor; developing one's identity as a counselor-in-training; the role of supervision, the counseling relationship, ethical and multicultural issues; licensure requirements and other topics relevant to the student's field placements. As the semester progresses and students begin to counsel individual clients and groups, supervision of cases will focus on counseling skills, case conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention strategies, and termination. This internship can be a continuation of the internship placement from Internship I. Students spend a minimum 16-20 hours a week in a college or community agency setting with the required weekly supervision and approved by the Program Director. Permission required for registration.