COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY EXTERNSHIP

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Counseling Psychology or Counseling Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Deepen your understanding of your epistemological position as related to psychological assessment and/or psychotherapy through a supervised clinical experience Audience: Graduate 2. Investigate implicit cognitive schemas you have (i.e., assumptions and biases) about your clinical work as well as psychology and people Audience: Graduate 3. Apply psychological theories about mental health treatment as well as psychology and people in a supervised clinical experience Audience: Graduate 4. Engage in clinical supervision focused on your development as a biological, psychological, social, and cultural being, as evaluated via a developmental framework Audience: Graduate 5. Increase your awareness of how contextual and environmental factors impact case conceptualization, problems presented by clients, clients’ experience of psychotherapy, and the integration of multiculturalism or social justice into psychotherapy Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Deepen your understanding of your epistemological position as related to psychological assessment and/or psychotherapy through a supervised clinical experience Audience: Graduate 2. Investigate implicit cognitive schemas you have (i.e., assumptions and biases) about your clinical work as well as psychology and people Audience: Graduate 3. Apply psychological theories about mental health treatment as well as psychology and people in a supervised clinical experience Audience: Graduate 4. Engage in clinical supervision focused on your development as a biological, psychological, social, and cultural being, as evaluated via a developmental framework Audience: Graduate 5. Increase your awareness of how contextual and environmental factors impact case conceptualization, problems presented by clients, clients’ experience of psychotherapy, and the integration of multiculturalism or social justice into psychotherapy Audience: Graduate