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Dec 11, 2024
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2022-2023 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Option I - Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MFT & LPCC), M.A.
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Completion of the CMHC option, in addition to the major core requirements above, satisfies all academic requirements for the MFT & LPCC licenses. If the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) mandates changes in curriculum for trainees in either license path, the Department of Counseling will revise courses accordingly so the curriculum remains in compliance with BBS standards. The course descriptions in this catalog edition may not be the most current versions if such curricular revisions are undertaken after the catalog is published.
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Program Learning Outcomes
- 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.
- Acquire knowledge and demonstrate ethical and legal behaviors consistent w/ the counseling profession.
- Gain knowledge of the developmental, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and systemic theories of human behavior and clinical intervention.
- Gain foundational knowledge of psychopharmacology and the neurobiological foundations of human behavior.
- Gain foundational knowledge of theories of substance use and co-occurring disorders and culturally-appropriate, evidence-based interventions.
- Develop a socially engaged and multiculturally competent orientation in working with diverse individuals, couples, and families.
- Demonstrate effective clinical skills in individual, couple, family, and group counseling for clients across the lifespan.
- Demonstrate knowledge of career counseling, career development, and the role of work across the lifespan.
- Develop the ability to understand and make good use of supervision and consultation feedback to support clinical outcomes and reflective professional practice.
- 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.
- Acquire knowledge in psychopathology and diagnostic classifications.
- Develop knowledge of culturally-appropriate methods of formal and informal assessment and their use in clinical practice.
- 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.
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