This course represents Part 1/2 of the capstone experience for the program by providing the candidate with the opportunity for advanced practice and application of clinical counseling principles with clients in an agency or human services setting under supervision by a professional counselor. In class, emphasis will be placed upon examining and developing case conceptualization, improving counseling skills and implementing intervention strategies within a diverse society. Internship 1 allows for the initial accumulation of a minimum of 300 clock hours (120 clock hours of direct service) toward the minimum 600 total clock hours of internship required for state licensure. Professional identity as a counselor will also be emphasized. Counseling skills will be critiqued through the use of live and/or taped observations in class, in the field, and in the Counseling Laboratory. COU-702 may be taken for 1-3 hours up to two times for a total of 3 semester hours.
- Faculty: Tonia Lans
The course addresses counseling implications for assessing and enhancing human development across the lifespan. The content includes: (a) theories of human development; (b) theories of learning and personality development; (c) human behavior, including an understanding of developmental crises, disability, exceptional behavior, addictive behavior, psychopathology, and situational and environmental factors that affect both normal and abnormal behavior; (d) the stages of family development; and (e) strategies for facilitating optimum development over the life span.
- Faculty: Kemmel Palmer
In this course, candidates begin their field experience by working in an approved mental health setting under the supervision of an LPC in the field and the instructor. The focus of this course is on further development of individual and group counseling skills. Candidates will begin to work directly with clients, and under supervision, gain experience with the activities that a regulatory employed staff member in the setting would be expected to perform. Candidates also will meet in class for group supervision and instruction. Counseling skills will be critiqued through the use of live and/or taped observations. Candidates must complete a minimum of one hundred contact hours of service under clinical supervision.
- Faculty: Tonia Lans
This course focuses on the study of the effects of psychoactive chemicals on neurochemical, neurophysiological, behavioral and mental processes. Emphasis is in the biological model of mental illness and substance dependence and the role of the counselor in treatment of medicated clients in consultation with physicians. Consideration is given to the disease model of chemical dependency, including the psychological dynamics and family patterns associated with chemical dependency, recognition of symptoms including current approaches to treatment and intervention.
- Faculty: DANIEL CRUIKSHANKS