MFT6992 - MFT Internship II

Semester Credits: 1 Weeks: 12

Upon completion of Practicum I and II, students are required to enroll in 3-one credit Internship courses (each 12 weeks in duration) to complete the remaining hours of the required 500 direct client contact hours (with 250 of these being relational hours) with the final Internship course being the Capstone for the clinical training process. Students will register for these courses consecutively to cover a period of 36 weeks (nine months). Students will attend supervision sessions with the NCU faculty supervisor weekly. During the Internship experience, students are required to continue working with a qualified local supervisor to complete direct supervision of their clinical work for the duration of the Internship. Students must receive the equivalent of 1 hour of supervision for every 5 hours of client contact. This supervision must involve direct observation or video recorded observation of the student’s sessions. In addition to completion of the required client contact hours and supervision, during the Internship experience (credits 2 and 3) students are also required to prepare for and take the practice exam for the national licensing exam and, in the internship capstone course, prepare and present their own theoretically grounded personal model of therapy to the MFT faculty. This course is graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U). (Student Learning Outcomes CR 1, 2, 3, 4)