Prepracticum service-learning is an integral part of the curriculum for counselor education students at a large southwestern university. Service-learning is accomplished by placing novice students in school or community agency settings to acquire early, practical, field-based experience. Activities are more structured and supervised than in an internship or practicum. Analysis indicated that prepracticum service-learning had a positive significant relationship with counselor self-efficacy and a significant negative relationship with student anxiety. However, substantial counseling course work and experience with counseling-related work both had a stronger influence than did prepracticum service-learning, indicating that the latter is more appropriate for novice students.