The purpose of this first-year practicum is to give students the opportunity to develop individual and group counseling skills. Part of the practicum will take place in an affiliated site, while part of it will take place on campus. The combined hours at both sites will be 100 hours, with a minimum of 40 of those hours in direct-client contact over the two-semesters. At their placement site, students are expected to learn to work with the team at the site, make effective contact and interventions with the clients/patients there, and to learn and follow the documentation procedures of the site, in addition to anything else the site in question requires. on campus, students will begin (a) engaging in ongoing supervision with a licensed supervisor, (b) participate in a weekly supervision peer group, (c) learn and follow documentation procedures, and (d) where necessary, carry out case management interventions (e.g. psychiatric referrals).