Internship in Clinical Mental Health Counseling I

First of two required supervised internships in clinical mental health counseling and consultation. Mental health counseling interns are required to provide 120 hours of direct counseling/consultation service to child/adolescent and adult clients and 180 hours of indirect collateral counseling/consultation (including staff meetings, on-site supervision, and program development) at a New York State- approved mental health counseling internship site. Students also participate in weekly, in-class group supervision devoted to evaluation of evidence-based counseling, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, advocacy and leadership skills using self-report, journals, videotaped counseling sessions, and selected advanced mental health counseling topics.Pre-requisite: 48 hours of graduate counseling program credits; EDG 753 and program coordinator permission.