What counts as clinical experience?

[sanantone]

I think it's open to interpretation - I once read on SDF that's it's clinical experience if you can smell the patients, of course, it's kinda crass like that over there.  
If I were using it to apply to a health occupations program, I'd probably emphasize patient contact - whether it's verbal or physical. I volunteered for 2 years for a busy medical clinic but I didn't do clinical skills, so I don't know if something like that counts or not.   On an aside, I don't know that I'd mention performing diagnostics or providing behavioral therapy- which could certainly be misconstrued to mean practicing without a license by those who don't know every state's laws- which is pretty much everyone lol.

Chemical dependency counseling is a licensed field. I'm sure physicians are aware that every state has licensed counselors and social workers who diagnose mental health problems. They have to work with them and regularly make referrals to them.