COUN6302 Mental Health Counseling Clinical Practicum
The clinical practicum is an online-directed, supervised site-based learning experience in a mental health counseling field setting during which learners practice specific clinical skills, including interviewing, assessment, intervention, documentation, and consultation. Learners use fundamental communication and interviewing principles and perform initial assessments with individuals, couples, and/or families. This course requires 100 hours of clinical experience, which must consist of no fewer than 40 hours of direct client contact, and no fewer than 10 hours of face-to-face contact with an approved site supervisor. Learners also meet weekly via web conferencing for synchronous group supervision meetings with their course instructor. For MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling learners only. Grading for this course is S/NS. It is the learner’s responsibility to research and comply with the specific clinical experience requirements of their states. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.