The Community Counseling Clinic (CCC) assists in supporting the Department of Counselor Educations' practicum experience of the Master's program in Counselor Education. The practicum experience provides student with the opportunity to receive ongoing feedback, supervision, and support in the development of their clinical skills. Practicum students practicing in the CCC should consider themselves CCC counselors, held to the policies and procedures articulated throughout this website. The CCC recommends that practicum students are in constant communication with their peer supervisors, group supervision instructor, and Clinic Team throughout the practicum experience. The CCC does not endorse experimental or unfamiliar approaches to be practiced in the clinic. CCC counselors ensure that their group supervision instructors are familiar with their approaches and skills to ensure that they are practicing within the defined scope of practice for a counseling training clinic.

PRACTICUM PREREQUISITES

Course Requirements

You must be able to document completion of the following courses before practicum enrollment is guaranteed. Remember all incomplete ("I"s) in practicum prerequisites must be removed prior to enrollment in the practicum. Concurrent enrollment in COUN 543 Interpersonal Relations II is mandatory with Counseling 509 Practicum. An "I" in this course will result in withdrawal from COUN 509 Practicum: Counseling.

COUN 509 Practicum: Group

COUN 541 Introduction to Counseling

COUN 543 Interpersonal Relations II

COUN 551 Theories and Interventions I

COUN 566 Appraisal Instruments

COUN 567 Using Tests in Counseling

COUN 569 Developmental Foundations of Counseling

COUN 585 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning I

Personal Counseling and ETC Requirements

Before the beginning of the practicum sequence, students must complete 10 hours of individual counseling, as well as 10 hours of the Experiential Training Clinic (ETC) experience (information about ETC will be available at the new student orientation). Documentation of this experience is required at the time of the first meeting of fall practicum.

Signed documentation of individual counseling sessions must be submitted by 1st day of practicum, on providing counselor's letterhead.