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COUN 6500 (3.0) Internship
Credits: 3
Internship is an intensive counseling experience that provides the student with the opportunity to perform a variety of counseling activities expected of a professional mental health counselor (e.g., application of diagnostic and therapeutic skills, case conceptualization, documentation, termination and referral techniques, intake, staff meetings, weekly supervision, etc.). Interns are required to complete a minimum of 10 hours of group facilitation as part of the total internship experience; and are required to experience a variety of counseling experiences primarily including individual counseling. Sites are required to provide a comprehensive experience. Sites that only provide group facilitation, case management, and/or intake activities will not be approved. The site supervisor is required to be a licensed mental health professional with formal training and or education in clinical supervision and a minimum of 2 years experience supervising counselors in training. The Professional Internship Agreement are required to be completed by the student and the internship on-site supervisor and submitted to the internship faculty supervisor/instructor and/or Counseling Program coordinator prior to the initial class meeting (see counseling program coordinator or 6500 instructor for more information). Students are required to provide evidence of professional liability insurance prior to seeing clients. No school settings may be used for an internship sites unless in the states of New Mexico and Florida and specifically related to pursuance of school guidance certification or licensure.
Prerequisite(s):
COUN 5020, COUN 5050, COUN 5100, COUN 5150 and or COUN 5230, COUN 5200, COUN 5800, COUN 6000 and approval by internship faculty supervisor to register for COUN 6500. In addition, per ACA Code of Ethics (2005), COUN 5600 is a prerequisite for Internship sites that require the student to participate in group counseling; COUN 5540 is a prerequisite for Internship sites that require the student to participate in family counseling; and COUN 5630 is a prerequisite for Internship sites that require students to participate in substance abuse counseling.
This course may be repeated for credit. The internship consists of four terms of 1.5 credit hours each of COUN 6500 (some variation in FL). Approval of a 3-credit-hour per 9-week term (full time) internship requires extensive, documented experience in professional counseling of individuals and groups. Typical candidates for a full internship include Chaplains and active school guidance counselors; all other students are expected to complete a part time/1.5 credit hour (some variation in FL) internship in keeping with ethical code regarding competency. The internship is graded on the credit/no credit grading option; however grades of W and F are permitted. No grades of Incomplete are permitted in this course; students should be prepared to complete all required clinical hours in the registered term when registering for COUN 6500. For internship students taking leave due to military or exceptional medical situations, see Counseling Program advisor and the practicum faculty supervisor/instructor for grad completion options. This course requires permission of the internship faculty supervisor/instructor or designee. Additional minimal fees are required for this course for professional liability insurance; and potentially for lab fees and taping equipment. This course is time consuming and demanding. Students should be prepared to apply more hours to this course than other courses. Students will be required to complete a total of 600 (hours may differ in Florida) clinical hours including 240 hours of direct client counseling (hours may differ In Florida) during the total 4 term internship; meet weekly for a minimum of 50 consecutive minutes with their site supervisor during all terms of internship; and meet for a minimum of 90 minutes (or more) of group supervision per week with other Internship (only) students for all terms of internship In order to complete this course. Weekly skills evaluations and activity logs are critical components to this course. Self-growth experiential activities are associated with this course content.
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