MFCC 6395 Practicum

This course is the first of three clinical instruction courses offering supervised clinical practice in counseling skills, behaviors, professional orientation/dispositions, and assessment. Primary emphasis is on performing counseling and related activities in a specified agency, school, church, or community clinical mental health setting. Practicum students are required to work as counseling interns at the UMHB Community Life Center, the counselor training facility for the Graduate Counseling and Psychology Programs. A total of 100 clock hours are required. Of these 100 hours, 40 must be direct counseling experience with the remaining 60 hours in indirect service such as testing, report writing, case consultation, peer-supervision, client staffing, and educational enhancement activities such as video tape reviews and book reviews related to specific disorders, theories, and/or issues. Approval is needed the semester prior to registering for this course. Prerequisites: MFCC 6308, MFCC 6312, MFCC 6315, MFCC 6318, MFCC 6320, MFCC 6351, and PSCO 6394. Lab fee and insurance are required.

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Distribution

Graduate (Psychology/Counselin