COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP E
PSY6DIE
2014
Credit points: 10
Subject outline
For this practical placement students must complete a minimum of 250 hours of placement and receive at least one hour of supervision from a qualified psychologist (a registered supervisor and a member of the Counselling College) for every 7.5 hours of placement activity (APAC requirements). The principal activity of internship must be face-to-face counselling and psychotherapy. Students are expected integrate their internship experiences into other coursework and submit case presentations to fulfil the subject requirements. Students are required to participate in a minimum of five placement settings.
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences
Credit points: 10
Subject Co-ordinator: Geoff Denham
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 6 - Doctoral
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: This subject is available to Doctor of Psychology in Counselling Psychology and Doctor of Counselling Psychology students only and will run subject to sufficient enrolment numbers.
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Geoff Denham
Class requirements
Placement - Off Site
One 45.0 days placement - off site per study period and delivered via face-to-face.
"Total time in internships must add up to at least 1500 hours and 200 days of placement activity. Each internship must consist of a minimum of 45 days, 334 hours which includes at least 100 face-to-face client contact hours and at least 45 supervision hours (of which 50% must be individual supervision). An internship activity log and a supervision log signed weekly by the qualified psychologist supervisor are mandatory. Students are required to participate in a minimum of five placement settings to complete the Doctoral Program."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| satisfactory completion of the internship, according to supervisors' and liaison lecturers' reports | 100 |