1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 30 hours credit.
Internship in Mental Health Counseling
Course Description
Supervised experience in a community setting appropriate to mental
health counseling.
Athena Title
Internship Mental Health Couns
Non-Traditional Format
Supervised counseling practice under professional supervision.
Prerequisite
ECHD 7700 and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will have integrated theoretical knowledge and appropriate interventions in a clinical setting.
Students will have refined counseling skills pertaining to diagnosis, case conceptualization, and intervention strategies.
Students will have increased awareness of abilities, behaviors, values, and attitudes and the ways in which they impact counseling.
Students will have refined the ability to assist clients' problem exploration.
Students will have increased confidence in one's clinical abilities.
Students will have explored problematic clinical issues, ethical dilemmas, and other professional concerns relating to the internship experience.
Students will have increased critical thinking skills and the ability to provide helpful feedback to others through class interaction and group supervision.
Students will have learned how to do a formal case presentation.
Students will have explored personal/professional development throughout the semester.
Students will have increased knowledge in a specialty area of interest.
Topical Outline
Log Summaries
Weekly Group Supervision Meetings
Formal Case Presentation
Presenting on a Clinical Issue of Interest or a Current Debate in the Field of Counseling
