COUC 694 Counseling Internship II

This course completes the second of two required and consecutive supervised internship experiences in the student’s designated program area at an approved site. Students are required to accumulate a total of 600 clock hours of counseling and related services, 240 of which are direct client contact hours, over the entirety of the two consecutive internship experiences. Final confirmation of the 600-hour requirement will be verified by the end of this course. While gaining direct service experience with clients, students regularly meet with an approved site supervisor and faculty supervisor. Student counseling performance is evaluated throughout the internship. Written and oral presentations accompanied by audio and video recordings are a basic part of the group supervisory process with a Liberty faculty member via technology. The student’s professional development along with the dynamics of the counseling relationship, diagnosis, treatment, and legal/ethical issues are primary areas of focus.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

This Counseling Internship course involves participation in a planned clinical experience in an approved agency or other setting under an approved supervisor. The internship is the culminating experience of the MA licensure programs. The purpose of the Counseling Internship is to provide a supervised, field-based, work experience that allows the student to:

• Further continue to integrate and synthesize counseling theories and techniques
• Develop more fully the personal qualities, characteristics, and behavior of a professional counselor
• Develop more advanced clinical reasoning and conceptualization skills.

Method of Instruction: This semester-long course is delivered using a digital synchronous learning format. The student attends 2 hours of video-based group supervision each week. In addition to the weekly digital synchronous class time, the student is expected to complete additional work over the duration of the semester.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the candidate will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview. 

The student must submit a copy of liability insurance to prove that they have maintained liability insurance throughout the Practicum and the 3 Internship courses. No student may begin or remain in practicum or an internship without appropriate liability insurance.

The student will go to their state board’s website to review their Rules and Regulations regarding the practice of professional counseling or marriage and family therapy (depending on which degree program the student is enrolled in) and complete the information needed. Each state requires different coursework and different amounts and types of student practicum and internship hours. It is the student’s responsibility to know what is required by his/her state.

Definition: Per CACREP standards, the student is to lead or co-lead a counseling or psychoeducational group.

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to give the student a hands-on experience in planning and leading a psycho-educational or counseling group in his/her clinical setting as these are frequently planned and led by licensed professionals and are a skill required by CACREP standards.

Directions: The student is required to lead or co-lead a group with the approval of the site supervisor, who will take responsibility for supervising the group. To meet this requirement, the student will choose to conduct a psychoeducational group or therapy group to meet for 1-5 sessions (each session must run for at least one hour). The assignment includes planning the group outline, analyzing feedback from participants, and reflecting on the group experience. To determine whether a specific counseling or psychoeducational group “qualifies” for this requirement, the group experience should be one that the site supervisor believes will contribute to the student’s “direct service” hours. (CLO: A, B, C, E, G, I)

Students will develop a PowerPoint to use during each in-class presentation. The power point will include 3 slides from which the student will provide a brief overview of 5-7 minutes of the clinical case.

The student will complete at least 2 taped counseling sessions (8-10 minute segments) with verbatim transcriptions.

The site supervisor will complete the CCS-R assessments in CORE (ELMS) at the midterm and final weeks of the semester. The student must receive a score of 80 points or higher on each assessment to pass the course. The student must upload completed and signed mid-term and final evaluations to Canvas.

Students must submit a copy of liability insurance in order to prove that they have maintained liability insurance throughout the Practicum and Internship courses. No student may begin or remain in practicum or an internship without appropriate liability insurance.

Students will complete one Benchmark Case Presentation Paper that coincides with the second case presentation, in which they will follow the template and rubric guidelines to include a thorough conceptualization of the client (i.e., presenting concerns, diagnosis, treatment planning, ethical and spiritual considerations, multicultural considerations, and a conceptualization). The Benchmark should be no more than 10 pages in length.

The Liberty Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program has an emphasis on your faith integration in clinical practice. Your development into an ethical, competent professional counselor is important. This survey provides time for reflection and evaluation regarding this important domain.

Please complete this brief survey on assessing spiritually/religiously competent integration in mental health training that is part of our CMHC program assessment. As proof of completion, take a picture/screenshot of the page that contains your name and email. Then upload this picture into the appropriate assignment in your COUC694 course in Canvas. You will receive 10 points for completion.

The quiz will cover the American Counseling Association (ACA) code of ethics. The student will have 45 minutes to choose the correct answer for 20 multiple-choice and true/false questions. (CLO: H)

This quiz covers the Learn material from the assigned module, contains 1 multiple-choice and 2 essay questions, has a time limit of 1 hour, and allows 1 attempt.

The quiz will cover the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Fieldwork Manual. The student will have 60 minutes to choose the correct answer for 5 true/false questions.

This quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned module. This quiz will contain 2 short answer questions and have a 60 minute time limit.

This is quiz will cover the passing checklist for the student to review what is required to pass the course. The quiz contains 2 true/false questions and will have no time limit. 

The quiz covers Read: The process of Suicide Risk Assessment: Twelve Core Principles. Students will have 60 minutes to answer 10 multiple-choice questions.

The student will complete this assignment by confirming that they have had their client fill out the HIPAA Privacy Authorization form, provided a copy to their client, and retained a copy for themselves that has been stored in a secure location. The student will also confirm that hey have had their site supervisor complete the Video Informed Consent Confirmation. 

Students will complete this quiz in order to determine if they need to request a third semester.

This quiz contains the Passing Checklist document that contains the criteria for passing the course. The student will review each of the requirements provided in the document and answer each question to confirm the item has been met for a passing grade. The quiz will contain 1 true/false and 7 short answer questions, allow for 1 attempt, and have no time limit.

The student will rate him/herself on the nine dispositions required for this program. The quiz will contain 9 multiple-choice questions and 1 essay question and is limited to 60 minutes. The student is allowed 1 attempt to complete the quiz.

The student will attest that all of recorded client videos have been deleted.

Quiz: Spirituality and Religious Knowledge Survey

The Liberty Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program has an emphasis on your faith integration in clinical practice. Your development into an ethical, competent professional counselor is important. This survey provides time for reflection and evaluation regarding this important domain.

Please complete this brief survey on assessing spiritually/religiously competent integration in mental health training that is part of our CMHC program assessment. As proof of completion, take a picture/screenshot of the page that contains your name and email. Then upload this picture into the appropriate assignment in your COUC694 course in Canvas. You will receive 10 points for completion.