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This best-selling guide to the practicum and internship experience, written expressly for graduate counseling students by a seasoned counselor and educator, is now substantially revised. New and expanded content touches on CACREP developments, trauma-informed care, social media, mindfulness, multicultural competencies, and more. With a strong focus on counseling as a specific professional identity, the book helps graduate students and new counselors develop their own approach to counseling and supervision, maintaining beneficial working relationships, self-care, sharpening writing skills, and record-keeping. A completely new chapter focuses on trauma-informed care developed from evidence-based approaches.

Concise and accessible, the book describes everything students need to know as they enter and progress through the practicum and internship process. Replete with case examples and sample forms, it encompasses information on how to select and apply for practicum/internships in all settings. It also examines ethical and legal issues, ensuring student safety at field sites, and clinical issues including teletherapy and termination. Instructor and student ancillary materials are included with this new edition. The print version of the book includes free, searchable, digital access to the entire contents!

New to the Third Edition:
• Updated to include content on 2014 ACA Code of Ethics and CACREP developments
• New chapter on trauma-informed care including evidence-based approaches
• Information on crisis intervention and de-escalation
• Increased content on supervision styles and models
• Expanded information on student safety at field sites, job searching, dealing with mandated/resistant clients, and goal setting and self-evaluation
• Receiving feedback from supervisors and providing feedback to peers
• Stages of change/client willingness to change as counseling model
• Discussions about social media, vicarious trauma, cyberbullying, and mindfulness
• Teletherapy including confidentiality issues, hacking, encryption, and legal issues
• Multicultural counseling competencies
• Expanded case studies
• New Instructor's Manual and PowerPoint slides

Key Features:
• Focuses on counseling as a specific professional identity and mentors students in a supportive, user-friendly style
• Covers everything students need to know as they enter and progress through the practicum/internship process
• Includes abundant case examples
• A concluding chapter on preparing for the job search, résumés, cover letters, and negotiating salary

Shannon Hodges, PhD, LMHC, NCC, ACS, is professor and coordinator of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Niagara University with over 30 years of counseling experience in community agencies, university counseling centers, and overseas. As a former director of a university counseling center and clinical director of a county mental health clinic, he has taught school counselors, mental health counselors, and undergraduate psychology students, including numerous international academic appointments. Dr. Hodges has authored numerous professional publications and has also served on the editorial review boards of several journals including the Journal of Counseling and Development, Journal of Counseling and Values, Journal of Mental Health Counseling, and Journal of College Counseling. He is a longtime member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), and several ACA affiliate divisions. His previous books include the first edition of 101 Careers in Counseling (2012), The Counseling Practicum and Internship Manual, Second Edition (2015), and The College and University Counseling Manual (2016).