Internship II

Catalog description

Counseling Internship is designed to meet the CACREP accreditation standards and is based on seminar-style class discussion, the presentation and discussion of cases, clinical group supervision principles, and didactic instruction. The program requires students to complete a clinically supervised internship of 300 clock hours which is to be fulfilled in an academic term.a During this continued internship experience, the candidate will apply knowledge and skills learned throughout the program in working with actual clients in a supervised field placement.a The candidate is required to spend a minimum of 120 hours per semester of direct counseling service with clients, of which it is preferred that one-fourth of these hours be in group work (i.e., leading or co-leading a counseling group, conducting a psycho-educational group experience such as a stress management or substance abuse awareness group). The remaining 180 hours per semester consists of indirect hours accrued performing other counseling-related duties. Candidates receive 1 hour of individual supervision weekly and receive 1-2 hours of group supervision during the academic term. The experiences must be approved by the Internship Supervisor and Professor and is required to assess and treat mental health issues as categorized in the standard diagnostic nomenclature of Virginia.