Practicum

Catalog description

Students will learn counseling skills and techniques through classroom instruction and experiential learning activities at their approved field placement sites. Counselor characteristics and behaviors that influence the counseling process will be addressed. Students will integrate skills and knowledge by working with actual clients under the supervision of a licensed clinician. In addition, students will meet weekly in a required synchronous small group session in a seminar-style course led by a faculty supervisor. A minimum of 100 hours at an approved counseling site is required.