HSV 595 - Advanced Counseling Internship I

3 Credits

This course will provide students with the opportunity to put counseling and human services theory, concepts, skills, and knowledge into practice at an approved counseling and human services agency. Students will complete a placement within their area of specialized concentration and conduct direct service activities to further grow and develop their skills (e.g. Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Alcohol and Drug Counseling, or Forensic Mental Health Counseling). This experience requires a minimum of at least 600 hours supervised on-site hours. Students will be working closely with an academic instructor and peers in an online seminar experience throughout their practicum experience. Students who are interested in obtaining additional service hours needed for licensure or other purposes should consider taking HSV 595. HSV 595 can be substituted for HSV 593 upon departmental approval.
Prerequisites: At the time of registration, the student must have a GPA of 3.00 or better. Students with less than a 3.00 will not be allowed to register for the course at that time.

Concentration-Specific Course prerequisites prior to practicum registration:

Clinical concentration: HSV 520 and/or HSV 521 and HSV 524
Alcohol & Drug Counseling concentration: HSV 532 and one core course
Forensic Mental Health Counseling: HSV 565 and HSV 567

Course prerequisites needed for all concentrations:

Must have a supervisor with a minimum of a master's level in the field. If seeking licensure, supervisor must meet state's requirements.
Must be in a placement that expressly fits with the student's area of concentration.
Student must have a GPA of 3.00 or higher when applying for the practicum.

Students in the Clinical, Alcohol & Drug Counseling, and Forensic Mental Health Counseling concentrations will spend a minimum of 600 hours on site during this experience. Two hundred and forty of these hours should be considered direct client contact service hours (e.g., face-to-face counseling/psychotherapy) and the remaining 360 indirect hours (e.g., staff meetings, clinical documentation, trainings, etc.). Students are encouraged to exceed the minimum direct service hours during this experience. All activities must be documented in order to receive credit for these hours.
Please note that students who are seeking licensure should confirm that their training experience meets all necessary guidelines.