Developing a Pre-practicum Environment for Beginning Counselors: Growing My Counselor Educator Self

Authors

Logan M. Lamprecht, Idaho State UniversityFollow
Sneha Pitre, University of Iowa Counseling ServiceFollow

Document Type

Article

Keywords

pre-practicum, counselor self-efficacy, supervision

Subject Area

Clinical Supervision, Counselor Education

Abstract

This paper is a narrative of the challenges experienced as a faculty member in an attempt to transform the existing educational model for how school and clinical mental health counselors are trained to enter field-based clinical experiences with students and clients. The author shares the pre-practicum laboratory training as an important step towards the growth of a counselor both personally and professionally. The laboratory training addresses aspects of student anxiety and self-efficacy with relation to live supervision with use of technology, nature of feedback, reflective journaling, reflective teams, and process group experiences as pedagogical adjuncts to enhance the training and developmental needs of beginning counseling students.

Recommended Citation

Lamprecht, L. M., & Pitre, S. (2018). Developing a Pre-practicum Environment for Beginning Counselors: Growing My Counselor Educator Self. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 11(2). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/jcps/vol11/iss2/3