Full Description
The most comprehensive guide to the counseling practicum and internship experience
This bestselling text prepares graduate counseling students to effectively negotiate the major issues and challenges they face while on pre-practicum, practicum, and internship. The expanded and revised fourth edition includes a new personal narrative describing lessons learned at the conclusion of each chapter, updated case studies, and an international focus. It encompasses the latest Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards, expanded coverage of telemental health and telemental supervision, and the impact of technology on graduate counseling programs. Additionally, the fourth edition stresses diversity, equity, and inclusion with a particular focus on the LGBTQ+ population, multicultural counseling, and trauma treatment.
With an emphasis on counseling as a specific professional identity, the book guides graduate students and novice counselors in developing their own approach to counseling and supervision. It addresses how to maintain beneficial working relationships, self-care, honing writing skills, and record-keeping. Concise and easy to read, the book chronicles everything students need to know as they enter and progress through the practicum and internship process. Complete with case studies and sample forms, the text incorporates information on how to select and apply for practicum and internships in all settings. The book also examines ethical and legal issues, ensuring student safety at field sites, and clinical issues including teletherapy and termination. Instructors will have access to an updated Instructor Manual and chapter PowerPoints. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.
New to the Fourth Edition:
Personal narratives describing lessons learned and updated case studies throughout
Strong focus on technology and the impact of COVID-19 as well as counseling as an international profession
Emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion with special focus on LGBTQ+ individuals
Expanded attention to trauma treatment including suicide and workplace safety
Maps to 2024 CACREP standards
Key Features:
Focuses on counseling as a specific professional identity
Mentors students in a supportive, user-friendly style
Covers everything students need to know as they enter and progress through the practicum and internship processes
Addresses crisis intervention and de-escalation
Includes coverage of trauma, mindfulness, social media, cyberbullying, ethical and legal concerns, and clinical writing and documentation
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Counseling Profession and the Practicum/Internship Experience
Chapter 2. Multicultural Issues, Complexities, and Considerations
Chapter 3. Selecting and Applying for a Practicum/Internship
Chapter 4. Ethical and Legal Issues
Chapter 5. Clinical Issues in Practicum and Internship
Chapter 6. Clinical Writing and Documentation in Counseling Records
Chapter 7. Models of Supervision: Classroom and Site Supervision
Chapter 8. Counselor Self-Care: Managing Stressful Demands During Practicum/Internship
Chapter 9. Crisis Intervention in Practicum/Internship
Chapter 10. Ensuring Safety on Practicum and Internship
Chapter 11. Addressing Trauma in Counseling: Interventions for Victims, Survivors, and Practicum and Internship Students
Chapter 12. Termination in Counseling: How to Say Goodbye
Chapter 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
