REH 6335 - Internship in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Credits: 1 to 3 credit hours

The internship is a one-semester supervised field experience for mental health counselors-in-training. Students must successfully complete a minimum of 600 total supervised clock hours of service in a community, public, or private counseling setting; 240 clock hours of which must be direct counseling services. Students must also complete 10 hours leading or co-leading direct group counseling services. Students are also required to have one (1) hours of individual or triadic supervision with their approved primary site supervisor on a weekly basis. Students are required to attend all weekly group supervision videoconferences with their faculty supervisor. Under supervision, students will be exposed to a variety of professional activities and resources, and technological resources, including but not limited to, individual and group counseling, record keeping, report writing, the use of technological resources, and administering referrals. The experiences at the internship site stimulate students to develop their counseling skills and professional identity as a counseling professional while under supervision. Students assess their learning from the site with their colleagues and faculty supervisor, and during weekly group supervision.
Prerequisite(s): REH 5308 and 75% completion of courses