Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Degree: Master of Arts in Counseling
Semester Hours: 60

Curriculum Focus

Our curriculum includes study in the areas of professional identity and ethics, counseling theories, group counseling, counseling techniques, psychopathology, assessment and evaluation, career development, human growth and development, multicultural counseling, counseling research and program evaluation, addictions counseling, crisis counseling, counseling children and adolescents, marriage and family counseling, and supervised clinical work in practicum and internship settings.

Our curriculum uniquely offers courses in advanced psychopathology and advanced multicultural counseling, as well as training in supervision and consultation. Common elective course offerings include courses in the neurobiology of trauma and mindfulness in psychotherapy.

To graduate, the student will have met all course requirements with a minimum GPA of 3.00, obtained satisfactory internship references, met program assessment criteria for competency, and obtained the formal approval of the faculty for graduation.

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Curriculum Details (60 SH)

Full-time students should be able to complete the program in three years.

• COUN 507 Professional Identity, Function and Ethics (3 SH)

• COUN 508 Counseling Techniques (3 SH)

• COUN 509 Supervision and Consultation (3 SH)

• COUN 517 Human Growth and Development (3 SH)

• COUN 518 Integrated Counseling Process (3 SH)

• COUN 527 Psychopathology (3 SH)

• COUN 528 Practicum (100 hours field work) (3 SH)

• COUN 530 Advanced Psychopathology (2 SH)

• COUN 536 Counseling Research & Program Evaluation (3 SH)

• COUN 547 Counseling Theories (3 SH)

• COUN 557 Assessment and Evaluation Procedures (3 SH)

• COUN 567 Group Counseling (3SH)

• COUN 587 Crisis Counseling (2 SH)

• COUN 607 Multicultural Counseling (3 SH)

• COUN 610 Advanced Multicultural Counseling (2 SH)

• COUN 617 Counseling Children and Adolescents (10 weeks) (2 SH)

• COUN 627 Marriage and Family Counseling (3 SH)

• COUN 637 Career Development (3 SH)

• COUN 689 Internship I  (600 total hours of fieldwork over 2 semesters) (3 SH)

• COUN 690 Internship II (3 SH)

• COUN 697 Addictions Counseling (3 SH)

• Elective Courses (choose one)

  • COUN 698 Mindfulness and Psychotherapy (1 SH)

  • COUN 699 Topics: Neurobiology of Trauma (1 SH)

  • COUN 699 Topics: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (1 SH)

  • COUN 688 Summer Internship (2 SH)

Co/prerequisites

• Counseling Techniques, Theories, PIFE - prerequisite for Practicum

• Counseling Techniques  - prerequisite for Integrated Counseling Process

• Admission to Internship process - prerequisite for Internship (including Summer Internship elective)