Practicum and Internship Experiences in Counseling

<p>This ready-to-use resource provides the practical information and hands-on skills interns and practicum students need to successfully complete their clinical experiences and join the counseling profession with confidence. </p><p>Designed to accompany students as they advance through practicum and internship <i>Practicum and Internship Experiences in Counseling </i>helps bridge the gap from theory to practice. It covers the day-to-day elements of practice in agencies and schools that are often missing from the theory-based courses. Chapters are packed with case examples activities voices from the field and self-assessments including tools for assessing and addressing ethnocentrism intersectionality and bias in counseling practice. </p><p>This resource orients clinical students to the field while providing them with the day-to-day skills they need to thrive.</p><p><em>Special focus on:</em></p><ul> <li> <b>Expectations</b> and how to get the most out of the supervision process</li> <li> <b>Assessment and intervention</b> with clients in danger and crisis</li> <li> <b>Wellness and developing healthy work and personal habits</b> to carry through one’s entire career.</li> </ul><p><i>Readers see clearly how to:</i></p><ul> <li> <b>Apply the laws and ethics </b>in everyday clinical practice</li> <li> <b>Work with special issues</b> (neuropsych and psychopharmacology) and populations</li> <li> <b>Market and position oneself in the job market</b> with an eye toward growing/marketing a counseling practice after graduation</li> </ul><p><i>Included in each chapter:</i></p><ul> <li> <b>Several self-assessment activities</b> encouraging self-reflection and self-assessment on the concepts of the chapter</li> <li> <b>Voices from the field features</b> providing firsthand in-the-trenches perspectives from counselors who have been there and done that.</li> <li> <b>Realistic case examples</b> challenging readers to apply knowledge and skills to realistic cases they are likely to encounter in the field</li> </ul><p><i>Included are separate chapters on:</i></p><ul> <li>Relationship building</li> <li>Goal setting</li> <li>Record keeping</li> <li>The integration of theory into practice</li> </ul>