Counselling Practicum Placements

Masters Level Counselling Practicum

Health & Counselling Services at SFU offers part-time, unpaid practicum positions to masters level students in counselling and clinical psychology programs. The experience is designed to enable students to further develop their counselling skills, interests, and professional identities.

Opportunities

An initial 2-week training period focusing on team development, specific counselling topics, and orientation to the Health & Counselling Services
Working with an integrated team of counselling, medical, and health promotion professionals
Conducting initial intake appointments for SFU students seeking counselling
Providing individual and couples counselling for SFU students
Co-facilitating group counselling
Crisis intervention and management
Participating in critical incident stress debriefing
Facilitation of psych-educational workshops

Supervision

1.5 hour individual supervision with a primary supervisor per week
1.5 hour group supervision meeting per week

Our expectations

Enrollment in a Masters level counselling or clinical psychology program
Mastery of basic counselling skills
An 8-month, 2.5 days per week commitment (September 2012 – April 2013)
Students will maintain a caseload of 8-10 client hours per week

The application package

Letter of intent, including statement of professional objectives for the practicum
Current curriculum vitae
Official transcripts
Three letters of evaluation / recommendation from both academic and clinical settings
A DVD recording of a 50 minute mock counselling session
Deadline for Application: March 1, 2012

Send applications to:
Cathy Trudeau, MA RCC
Health & Counselling Services, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC,
V5A 1S6
CANADA

For more information, contact:
Cathy Trudeau, MA RCC
Health & Counselling Services, Simon Fraser University
tel: 778.782.4618
fax: 778.782.5888
email: ctrudeau@sfu.ca

Click here to download the Masters Level Counselling Practicum brochure (.pdf)