CSL 593 Mental Hlth Cnslg Intern I

This 300-hour structured internship will give students hands on experience doing professional counseling in a mental health setting under the supervision of a cooperating, experienced professional counselor and faculty liaison. Students will achieve growth towards becoming ethical and competent professionals by performing the duties of a mental health counseling professional with a focus on individual, family and group counseling skills. Students will demonstrate competence in assessment, case management, and consultation. A return to campus for weekly supervision in seminar is a requirement of this course. Three hundred hours of experience are required for three credits, with at least 120 of these being direct contact hours. Advisor permission is required. Students are required to complete whatever background checks/fingerprinting/health clearance their internship site requires of them prior to starting internship. For those students interning at a placement without any requirements, students must follow the departmental policy in place regarding background checks/fingerprinting/health clearance prior to starting their placements. Placements are typically one year long and begin in the Fall; students take CSL 593 in the Fall and CSL 594 in the Spring. Pre-requisite: CSL 509.