This course is an advanced professional seminar emphasizing experiences and practice in making difficult professional decisions in the practice of applied psychology, counseling, and related professions. Students examine representative theories of counseling and psychotherapy with attention to implications for practice. Students participate in work experience under supervision in a setting appropriate to the student's professional objective in providing psychological services. Students develop the knowledge and skills necessary for the administration and supervision of counseling practice. Students work in an appropriate psychological counseling setting with clients under supervision.
Students work under individual supervision in an approved internship setting.
The internship is an essential component of the doctoral training program in professional psychology. It provides trainees with the opportunity to take substantial responsibility for carrying out major professional functions in the context of appropriate supervisory support, professional role modeling, and awareness of administrative structures. The internship is distinguished from the applied practice experience by the increased responsibility and independence afforded the student and by the more intense nature of client contact. Students study the processes and methodologies for the production of a research article for publication in a scholarly journal. Students study the professional standards, current issues, and personal rewards associated with the practice of counseling psychology.