Course Description
PPSY 597
Clinical Placement I
Units: 3
This course provides oversight of students’ clinical placement and supervision experiences. The course focuses on enhancing students’ clinical skills and knowledge of the interpersonal process of psychotherapy. Clinical skills, case management issues, treatment planning, documentation, community-based resources, legal and ethical issues, and the processes of psychotherapy and supervision are addressed through experiential learning, readings, discussion, reflection, and assignments. This course also provides students with a forum for discussing their clinical caseload and their interaction with placement supervisors. Students must be serving at an APU-approved training site to be enrolled in this course.