The Best New Internship Books To Read In 2025

The Internship Playbook: Graduate Students’ Journal to Surviving Practicum/Internship is the ultimate guide for master’s level mental health counseling students navigating their practicum and internship journey. This comprehensive and interactive workbook provides essential tools for tracking supervision hours, direct and indirect clinical hours, and detailed session notes, helping counseling interns stay organized and on track to success.

Perfect for students in CACREP-accredited programs, The Internship Playbook includes a CACREP competency checklist to ensure all program standards are met, along with dedicated spaces for self-reflection, goal-setting, and defining your clinical niche. This journal encourages you to create a vision board, explore your unique therapeutic style, and set clear goals for your development as a counselor. Created by Nichole K. DeMoya, LMHC-QS, CATP, this playbook is informed by extensive experience working directly with practicum and internship students. Built on years of listening to students’ ideas, needs, and creative input, this journal reflects what real interns wanted most—a supportive, structured resource to help them navigate their journey. Designed to support both personal and professional development, The Internship Playbook is more than just a journal—it’s a roadmap to becoming a compassionate, effective therapist. Ideal for anyone pursuing a career in mental health counseling, this playbook will help you make the most of your internship experience, guiding you from day one to graduation with confidence and clarity.

The College Intern Playbook: Your Roadmap to Career Success. Ready to find an internship and turn it into a job after college? The College Intern Playbook is the ultimate guide for college students looking to leverage internships into lasting professional success. Whether you're just starting to explore internships or you're ready to enter the workforce, this book offers proven strategies to help you interview and land internships, develop real-world skills, and stand out in a competitive job market. Internships are more than just resume builders—they’re career launchpads.

This playbook provides actionable advice on how to build your personal brand, ace interviews, and convert internships into job offers. With expert tips, real-world case studies, and practical advice, you’ll learn how to navigate the entire internship process and gain an edge over the competition. By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with:Confidence - You’ll know how to navigate the internship processPractical Skills - From resume writing to interview techniquesStrategic Insights - Understanding the nuances of the job marketInspiration - Real-world examples and motivational stories. Take charge of your future today—The College Intern Playbook equips you with the tools, confidence, and insider knowledge you need to succeed. Your career journey starts here!

The seventh edition of Practicum and Internship is a practical resource that provides students and supervisors with thorough coverage of all stages and aspects of the practicum and internship process. New to this edition are:.

Extensive revisions and updates to appendices and downloadable, customizable online forms, contracts, and other materialsNew material on transitioning to internshipNew discussion of evidence-based approaches to all aspects of the counseling process, including clinical assessment, case conceptualization, and counseling techniquesAn expanded exploration of teletherapy and distance counseling and highly reported ethical and legal issues, such as record-keeping and billingThoughtful review of contemporary cultural issues across the core therapeutic and supervisory processesUpdated review of risk assessment procedures, particularly for suicidal and homicidal clientsNew information on mentorship and self-careUpdated research and scholarship throughoutWith comprehensive information that spans across therapeutic approaches, concerns, and topics, this remains an essential foundational text for counseling and psychotherapy students and their supervisors.