A report of a counselling internship conducted at the Counselling Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Abstract

This report describes an internship completed at the Counselling Centre, Memorial University, May 9 - August 5, 1988. It includes a comprehensive report of the goals and professional activities of the intern during the internship period. In addition, it presents a detailed discussion of an evaluation study conducted during that period. -- Chapter I provides the rationale for the internship, a description of the setting, goals of the internship and it describes supervision and evaluation of the intern. Chapter II gives a comprehensive report of the intern's professional activities according to the goals outlined in an internship proposal submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology, Memorial University, April, 1988. Chapter III presents the systematic study which consisted of a set of evaluative procedures designed to provide a detailed analysis of the intern's counselling. This study has been successful in advancing the intern's ability to describe, to understand, and to evaluate her counselling behaviour. Chapter IV concludes the report with a set of recommendations.