Practicum/Internship
The Kutztown University Counseling Center is proud to offer both internship and practicum experiences for masters-level graduate students. These experiences will provide future counselors with training and experience providing counseling services for students in a university setting. The Kutztown University Counseling Center is staffed with licensed professional counselors that can provide supervision and training to masters-level students.
The practicum experience is a one semester commitment and is offered in the spring semester. This opportunity is open to students currently enrolled in a practicum course and will provide a placement to complete the 100-hour requirement. Weekly supervision will be provided by an experienced clinician. Upon successful completion of practicum, students are welcome to apply for our internship opportunity.
The internship experience is a two semester (fall and spring) opportunity offered to students in their final year of graduate school. We accept master's level applicants from any accredited graduate counseling program, but preferential consideration will be given to students enrolled in Kutztown University's counseling program. Interns will get experience providing individual and group counseling, psychoeducation programs, outreach events, and crisis management training and experience. Counseling interns will participate in group supervision and individual supervision on a weekly basis and will build their skills as a counselor.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Potential applicants must be currently enrolled in a counseling graduate program
- Internship and practicum students are required to follow the Kutztown University calendar
- Internship students are required to provide evening hours at least one evening (Tuesday-Thursday) a week
- Must attend weekly supervision; 1 hour per week for practicum and 2 hours per week for internship
- Participate in psychoeducational presentations and outreach events
- Intern/practicum students are responsible for making sure they meet their hour requirements and may need to add additional hours if they are not meeting their contact hours
- Adhere to the ethical principles of the American Counseling Assoiciation
- Hold current liability insurance coverage
- Have current clearances
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
The application for internship and practicum experiences can be found here.
Please read all directions carefully as we cannot consider applicants who do not submit all required documents. Applicants selected for an interview will be notified after the deadline for applications.
Applications for internship will be accepted until April 4, 2025 and applications for practicum will be accepted in the fall (Date TBD).