The Counseling Practicum and Internship Manual: A Resource for Graduate Counseling Students - Softcover

Hodges, Shannon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826118321 ISBN 13: 9780826118325

Verlag: Springer Publishing Co Inc, 2010

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For many counseling students, the first experience with a counseling practicum or internship can be daunting. With this manual, students in practicum and internship settings receive the orientation and guidance they need to successfully navigate field placement.

In this book, author Shannon Hodges shares over 16 years of expertise in counseling and clinical training. He discusses everything students need to know to fully understand all aspects of the practicum/internship process. The book provides detailed guidelines to selecting and applying for an appropriate practicum/internship, performing responsibly on the job, maintaining ethical standards, and much more. The manual comprehensively covers practicum/internships in all settings, including rehabilitation, school, mental health, addictions, and marriage and family counseling.

With this book, students will learn how to:

• Select, apply to, and interview for the internship/practicum
• Use the practicum/internship as a means to land a job
• Create a professional identity and demeanor
• Navigate ethical, legal, and professional issues
• Comply with HIPA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
• Use various new, leading technologies in counseling
• Write clinical case notes and develop treatment plans
• Set clear boundaries with clients and deal with difficult colleagues

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Shannon Hodges, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC, ACS is an associate professor of Counseling at Niagara University. He has almost 20 years of experience counseling in community agencies and university counseling centers. He formerly directed a university counseling center, was clinical director of a county mental health clinic, has 10 years experience supervising collegiate living groups and has extensive experience working with international students. Shannon has over 20 years teaching experience training mental health counselors, school counselors, and undergraduate psychology students. He has served as a department Chair, director of Clinical Training, and coordinator of a Mental Health Counseling program. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling A Job Search Manual for Counselors and Counselor Educators: How to Navigate and Promote Your Counseling Career (American Counseling Association), The Counseling Practicum and Internship Manual: A Resource for Graduate Counseling Students (Springer Publishing Company), book chapters, journal articles, poetry and essays. Recently, he published a mystery novel (City of Shadows, Athena Press) with a counselor as the protagonist. Dr. Hodges has been awarded for his research and teaching, and is a long-time member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), and several other ACA affiliate divisions.

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0826118321
• ISBN 13: 9780826118325
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 311
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