Overview of our program

• Curriculum
• Field-based courses
• Faculty
• DIAP Model

CACREP standards

• Practicum &Internship
• Supervisor Qualifications

Expectations for supervisors

• Weekly supervision
• Forms and paperwork
• Site visits

Resources for supervisors

• Website
• Stipend

60 CACREP credit program

3 years

• Professional orientation and ethics
• Social and cultural diversity
• Human growth and development
• Career development
• Group counseling
• Assessment, diagnosis and case formulation
• Research and program evaluation
• Mental health counseling practice

Curriculum covers

538 Introduction to Counseling Skills

539 Clinical Interviewing & Treatment Planning

683 Advanced Counseling Skills

CEP 684 Advanced Clinical Interventions & Outcome Evaluation

CEP 610 & CEP 611 Adv Clinical Internship 1 and 2

Goal 1 Revise curriculum to infuse diversity and social justice knowledge, awareness, dialogue and skills throughout program. 

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Goal 2 Increase awareness regarding intersecting social identities, power, and privilege among students and faculty.

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Goal 3 Align mission statement and assessment processes with a diversity and social justice emphasis.

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Goal 4 Increase program diversity and representation

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Students are covered by individual professional counseling liability insurance.

Supervision includes program-appropriate audio/video recordings and/or live supervision of students’ interactions with clients.

Formative and summative evaluations of the student’s counseling performance are conducted as part of the student’s practicum and internship.

Students have the opportunity to become familiar with a variety of professional activities and resources during their practicum and internship.

In addition to the development of individual counseling skills, during either the practicum or internship, students must lead or co-lead a counseling or psychoeducational group.

Students complete supervised counseling practicum experiences that total a minimum of 100 clock hours over a full academic term.

Practicum students complete at least 40 clock hours of direct service with actual clients.

Practicum students have weekly interaction with supervisors that averages one hour per week of individual and/or triadic supervision throughout the practicum.

Practicum students participate in an average of 1½ hours per week of group supervision on a regular schedule throughout the practicum with a counselor education faculty member.

Students complete 600 clock hours of supervised counseling internship.

Internship students complete at least 240 clock hours of direct service.

Internship students have weekly interaction with supervisors that averages one hour per week of individual and/or triadic supervision throughout the internship.

Internship students participate in an average of 1½ hours per week of group supervision on a regular schedule throughout the internship with a counselor education faculty member.

A minimum of a master’s degree, preferably in counseling, or a related profession

Relevant certifications and/or licenses

A minimum of two years of pertinent professional experience in the specialty area in which the student is enrolled

Knowledge of the program’s expectations, requirements, and evaluation procedures for students

Relevant training in counseling supervision.

$50 stipend/ semester

Website resources