Internship, Practicum, and Field Placement Handbook, The

Anticipating the questions, anxieties, fears, and concerns of interns, this practical handbook bridges the gap between academic coursework and the knowledge, skills, and emotional challenges that are found in the real world of the helping professions. Organized both chronologically and topically, the text begins with practical suggestions for how one finds an internship and concludes with how one terminates cases and looks ahead to career options. The topics inocroprate: the influence of managed care on practice and ethics; the concept of vicarious traumatization as a stressor for clinicians; multimodal and research based approaches to self care; and evolving issues in the ethics of informed consent; a discussion of ethical and clinical issues inherent in the use of information technology - for exmaple, computerized record keeping, electronic communications, and even remote delivery of clinical services.