NEW - Reflects the very latest research, literature, and developments in psychology, social work and counseling. Pg.___ NEW - Features new/expanded coverage of: Ethics and liability. Pg.___ Therapist/client privilege. Pg.___ Issues pertaining to managed care. Pg.

___ Electronic record keeping. Pg.___ Therapeutic efficacy. Pg.___ Locating and arranging internships. Pg.___ Developing portfolios and preparing for interviews. Pg.

___ Diversity training. Pg.___ Supervision. Pg.___ Dealing with dangerousness. Pg.___ Involvement in professional organizations. Pg.

___ NEW - Adds new exercises throughout especially in relation to ethics and beginning the internship. Pg.___ NEW - Expands the Crisis Information Form (in Appendix F) to include step-by-step procedures for dealing with emergency situations. Pg.___ NEW - Includes new material on preparing and applying for internships and on career considerations after the internship concludes. Pg.___ Uses a friendly and accessible writing style throughout. Pg.

___ Organizes content along both chronological and thematic lines. Pg.___ Chapters are organized sequentially to anticipate the stages interns pass through from selecting placements to finishing the internship and the understandings or skills that will be required in those stages. Pg.___ Emphasizes practical knowledge based both on "real world" experience and the latest literature and research in the field. Pg.___ Addresses in depth topics critical to interns, instructors, and supervisors. Pg.

___ Offers personal experiences designed to help interns realize that everyone makes mistakes, especially those struggling to apply classroom learning to the real world. Pg.___ Contains extensive discussion of ethics and liability issues pertaining to practitioners and students. Pg.___ Discusses issues and approaches to Supervision and gives practical suggestions for making the most of the supervisory experience. Pg.___ Provides a substantive, straightforward discussion of the similarities and differences between supervision and therapy. Pg.

___ Gives practical, tested guidelines and exercises to improve clinical writing and case notes. Pg.___ Exercises and examples help students distinguish between strong and weak writing and better understand what is needed for clinical writing. Summarizes many of the major theories and concepts concerning diversity and applies them to the context of the students'' experiences at their internship site. Pg.___ Exercises for self-exploration and discussion move the information from the abstract to the personal level and help interns understand how their own background in terms of ethnicity, culture, religion etc. may interact with that of clients and others. Pg.

___ Helps students prepare for the emotions and other stresses of field work a very important, but often overlooked, topic. Pg.___ Two full chapters discuss the stresses students encounter in the field and offer suggestions and exercises for promoting self awareness effective coping strategies. Openly discusses many "taboo" subjects in graduate programs including boundary problems between interns and superiors, as well as issues related to the economics of the profession and the guilt many new professionals feel in charging a fee for their services. Pg.___ Features self-exploration and experiential learning exercises throughout. Pg.___ Includes convenient "tear out" forms (in appendices) for use in evaluation, contacts with placement supervisors, ethics discussions etc.

Pg.___ Contains current reference lists citing journal articles, books, and other resources. Pg.___.