MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling

The Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) is designed to provide students with a practitioner model that fulfills the 60-hour educational requirements for students to obtain counseling licensure in many states. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program has a mission of training reflective, ethical practitioners who work in a variety of mental health settings. The counseling program faculty is committed to providing a dynamic education that prepares students to promote health and wellness in an ever-changing world. An emphasis is placed on both professional and personal development, recognizing that well-prepared counseling professionals are those who possess relevant academic training, as well as the self-understanding and awareness needed to facilitate growth, development, and healing among others. The counseling faculty provides an open and stimulating intellectual climate that prepares professional counselors who:
 

• Respect cultures, values, beliefs, and talents of all people.

• Conceptualize human behavior and the change process through the application of theory.

• Develop appropriate knowledge and skills to effectively affect wellness and facilitate change.

• Reflect the American Counseling Association's Code of Ethics.

• Commit to professional development essential for growth in learning, advocacy, and service.

• Commit to clinical mental heath counseling based upon lifelong reflection and learning.

• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication.