The internship experience at Centennial School provides graduate students in counseling psychology with opportunities to develop and practice their skills in individual, group, and family counseling.

Individual counseling sessions are defined as one-to-one interactions with students that are goal-oriented in nature and aimed at improving the student's overall performance in the school, home or community settings.  Examples of the topics and activities included under individual counseling sessions are stated below:

• Problem solving sessions that follows Glasser's problem solving model.
• Daily or weekly goal-setting.
• Monitoring and assessing students' progress toward their goals.
• Assessing students' vocational interests and aptitudes.
• Transition planning for adolescents.
• Teaching students better communication and social skills.
• Identifying, teaching, and reinforcing strategies for improved social performance.
• Providing Emotional-Supportive feedback.
• Applying the Transtheoretical model to counseling work.
  

Group counseling sessions follow a format that uses group social dynamics for learning and applying new knowledge and skills and allows students to practice those skills with their peers and adults.  Internship students also learn how to conduct wraparound meetings that lead to improved services for children and their families.  Some of the topics and issues addressed during group counseling sessions are provided below:

• Anger Management
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse
• Hygiene
• Sex Education
• Appropriate School and Classroom Behavior
• Career and Vocational Issues
• Social Skills, including the development of friendships, goal-setting, managing family stress, preparing for the workplace.