Option I - Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MFT & LPCC), M.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Establish a professional identity as a mental health counselor who utilizes the human relationship in an effort to heal, empower and promote the well-being and development of others.
2. Acquire knowledge and demonstrate ethical and legal behaviors consistent w/ the counseling profession.
3. Gain knowledge of the developmental, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and systemic theories of human behavior and clinical intervention.
4. Gain foundational knowledge of psychopharmacology and the neurobiological foundations of human behavior.
5. Gain foundational knowledge of theories of substance use and co-occurring disorders and culturally-appropriate, evidence-based interventions.
6. Develop a socially engaged and multiculturally competent orientation in working with diverse individuals, couples, and families.
7. Demonstrate effective clinical skills in individual, couple, family, and group counseling for clients across the lifespan.
8. Demonstrate knowledge of career counseling, career development, and the role of work across the lifespan.
9. Develop the ability to understand and make good use of supervision and consultation feedback to support clinical outcomes and reflective professional practice. 
10. Gain the ability to critically consume and make use of research relevant to their clinical practice, including counseling outcome and process research and program evaluation.
11. Acquire knowledge in psychopathology and diagnostic classifications.
12. Develop knowledge of culturally-appropriate methods of formal and informal assessment and their use in clinical practice.
13. Develop the ability to utilize counseling knowledge, attitudes, and skills to become socially-engaged mental health professionals who serve the community in clinical, administrative, advocacy, and leadership roles.

Requirements

• COUN 502 - Whole Lifespan Development Unit(s): 4
• COUN 503 - Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Unit(s): 4
• COUN 510B - Applied Counseling Practicum and Advanced Techniques Unit(s): 4
• COUN 512 - Theory and Practice of Group Counseling Unit(s): 4
• COUN 515A - Clinical Mental Health Counseling/Field Experience I Unit(s): 4
• COUN 515B - Clinical Mental Health Counseling/Field Experience II Unit(s): 4
• COUN 540 - Counseling Diverse Couples and Families Unit(s): 4
• COUN 545 - Counseling Orientation, Law and Ethics, and Case Management Practices Unit(s): 4
• COUN 580 - Couples and Sexuality Counseling Unit(s): 4
• COUN 582 - Psychopharmacology for Counselors Unit(s): 3
• COUN 583 - Substance Abuse and Dependence Unit(s): 2