COU 6262 - Counseling Internship II

3 Credits
This counseling internship provides a supervised, field-based, work experience wherein students integrate and synthesize counseling theories and techniques, develop the professional qualities, characteristics, and behaviors of a counselor, and develop more advanced clinical reasoning and conceptualization skills. Building on the experience of COU 6261 - Counseling Internship I, Internship II involves a continued practical clinical experience in an approved agency or other appropriate setting with an approved supervisor. Any required hours not completed within COU 6261 - Counseling Internship I will be completed in Internship II. Students in Internship II will complete their remaining hours from COU 6261 - Counseling Internship I as well as the remaining hours for their required 700 hours in order to pass Internship II. Additionally, students must successfully complete the comprehensive exam in order to pass Internship II. Students who do not complete their hours while enrolled in Internship II will be required to enroll in COU 6263 - Counseling Internship III until their hours are completed. Satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading.

Note: For those seeking ADC licensure, students will need to complete 880 hours of internship (within COU 6261 - Counseling Internship I , COU 6252 - Counseling Internship II and COU 6263 - Counseling Internship III , if needed) covering all 12 core functions, under the supervision of a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. All ADC emphasis courses and COU 6261 - Counseling Internship I must be completed PRIOR to COU 6252 - Counseling Internship II.

Prerequisite: COU 6261