This best-selling guide to the practicum and internship experience, written expressly for graduate counselling students by a seasoned counsellor/educator, is now substantially revised with updated and expanded content including DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. With a strong focus on counselling as a specific professional identity, the book includes new information on counsellor ethics, developing one's own approach to counselling and supervision, maintaining satisfactory working relationships with supervisors and colleagues, developing good writing skills and record keeping, and managing crisis and trauma. The second edition also reflects the 2014 ACA Standards of Ethics and changes in CORE/CACREP standards.
With a concise, accessible writing style, the book describes everything students need to know as they enter and progress through the practicum and internship process. Replete with plentiful case examples and downloadable sample forms and templates, this supportive manual encompasses information addressing practicum/internships in all settings, including mental health, rehabilitation, schools, addictions, and marriage and counselling. This ""mentor in a book"" will greatly assist graduate counselling students in preparing for and successfully assimilating their first experiences with the realities of working with clients, and to ease the journey toward developing into a self-confident, skilled, and ethical practitioner.
New to the Second Edition:
Updated to include content on DSM-5, ACA Ethics Code, new CORE/CACREP standards, and social media
Elaborates on developing an individual approach to counselling and supervision
Discusses how to maintain good relationships with supervisors and colleagues
Helps students to improve their writing and record-keeping skills
Provides new information on crisis and trauma intervention
Covers student safety and self-care
Examines counselling ethics and legal concerns
Provides student forms and templates for downloading
Addresses multicultural counselling and awareness
Discusses how to approach a career including job offers and licensure
