Full Description
This best-selling guide to the practicum and internship experience, written expressly for graduate counseling students by a seasoned counselor and educator, is now substantially revised. New and expanded content touches on CACREP developments, trauma-informed care, social media, mindfulness, multicultural competencies, and more. With a strong focus on counseling as a specific professional identity, the book helps graduate students and new counselors develop their own approach to counseling and supervision, maintaining beneficial working relationships, self-care, sharpening writing skills, and record-keeping. A completely new chapter focuses on trauma-informed care developed from evidence-based approaches.
Concise and accessible, the book describes everything students need to know as they enter and progress through the practicum and internship process. Replete with case examples and sample forms, it encompasses information on how to select and apply for practicum/internships in all settings. It also examines ethical and legal issues, ensuring student safety at field sites, and clinical issues including teletherapy and termination. Instructor and student ancillary materials are included with this new edition. The print version of the book includes free, searchable, digital access to the entire contents!
New to the Third Edition:Updated to include content on 2014 ACA Code of Ethics and CACREP developments
New chapter on trauma-informed care including evidence-based approaches
Information on crisis intervention and de-escalation
Increased content on supervision styles and models
Expanded information on student safety at field sites, job searching, dealing with mandated/resistant clients, and goal setting and self-evaluation
Receiving feedback from supervisors and providing feedback to peers
Stages of change/client willingness to change as counseling model
Discussions about social media, vicarious trauma, cyberbullying, and mindfulness
Teletherapy including confidentiality issues, hacking, encryption, and legal issues
Multicultural counseling competencies
Expanded case studies
New Instructor's Manual and PowerPoint slides
Key Features:Focuses on counseling as a specific professional identity and mentors students in a supportive, user-friendly style
Covers everything students need to know as they enter and progress through the practicum/internship process
Includes abundant case examples
A concluding chapter on preparing for the job search, résumés, cover letters, and negotiating salary
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction to the Counseling Profession and the Practicum/Internship Experience
2. Selecting and Applying for a Practicum/Internship
3. Ethical and Legal Issues
4. Clinical Issues in Practicum/Internship
5. Clinical Writing and Documentation in Counseling Records
6. Models of Supervision: Classroom and Site Supervision
7. Multicultural Issues and Considerations
8. Managing Stress During Your Practicum/Internship
9. Crisis Intervention in Practicum/Internship
10. Ensuring Safety on Practicum and Internship
11. Addressing Trauma in Counseling: Interventions for Victims, Survivors, and Practicum and Internship Students
12. Termination in Counseling: How to Say Goodbye
13. Completing the Practicum/Internship and Preparing for the Future as a Professional Counselor
Appendix A: List of Professional Counseling Organizations
Appendix B: State Licensure Boards and Requirements
Appendix C: Documents for Practicum and Internship
Index
