M.S. in Counseling, concentration in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Through the master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling students will develop the knowledge and skills needed to work with diverse clients from a strength based, developmental perspective. This concentration prepares students to conceptualize, assess, diagnose, and treat individuals, groups, and families in inpatient, outpatient, in-home care, and private practice settings.

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Example Careers

  • Working in counseling agencies with diverse client populations
  • Providing in-home counseling to children, adolescents, and families
  • Providing inpatient and outpatient counseling services
  • Working in hospital settings working with clients who have chronic illness
  • Working with clients in various settings related to grief or death and dying
  • Consulting with schools regarding youth behavioral problems
  • Working in crisis centers, alternative schools, or group homes

Experiential Learning

Students in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling track have many opportunities to develop clinical counseling skills. Beginning in their first semester, students complete a mental health counseling practicum in which they observe the duties and responsibilities of a mental health practitioner.  Specific skills training occurs in core classes, in an advanced practicum in the Nicholas A. Vacc Counseling and Consulting Clinic, and in a 600-hour internship in a local community agency, hospital, residential care facility, or private practice that matches the student’s desired setting and specialty area.

Program of Study

Total hours: 60 hours (M.S.)

SUGGESTED PROGRAM SEQUENCE

Core courses:

CED 611 The Counselor As Scientist-Practitioner
CED 612 Developmental Counseling
CED 605 Counseling Diverse Populations
CED 610 Helping Relationships
CED 620 Counseling Theories and Practice
CED 650 Group Counseling Theory and Practice
CED 669 Career Development and Career Counseling
CED 678 Professional Orientation
CED 682 Application of Measurement and Clinical Appraisal Techniques

Additional courses:

CED 642 Substance Abuse Counseling
CED 644 Counseling in Community Settings
CED 653 Practicum in Counseling
CED 675 Counseling Field Practicum
CED 679 Advanced Counseling Practicum
CED 680A Counseling Internship
CED 680B Counseling Internship
CED 687 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Counseling
CED 688 Counseling Children and Adolescents
CED 690 Counselors Working with Families
CED 691 Couples Counseling
CED 691 Family Violence
CED 691 Sexuality Counseling

 

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