Counselor Education Flyer 2024

COUNSELOR EDUCATION

AREAS OF STUDY

The Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) track prepares students for Masters-level licensure as a mental health counselor. Students gain knowledge and skills to therapeutically address a wide variety of individual and relational concerns with adults, children, teens, couples, families, and groups following intensive practicum training and community-based internship experiences. Graduates are also eligible to pursue licensure as a clinical addictions counselor.

The School Counseling (SC) track prepares students to work as a school counselor with the professional knowledge and skills to promote academic, career, and personal/social development of K–12 students. Graduates are prepared to work as change agents in community schools through direct counseling with students, development of comprehensive school counseling programs, and advocacy for children and families.

The College Counseling and Student Affairs (CCSA) track prepares students to work as a student affairs professional in higher education settings, while also providing a path towards Masters-level licensure as a mental health counselor. Students gain knowledge and skills to therapeutically address a wide variety of individual and relational concerns as well as manage various university administrative duties. Graduates specialize in counseling with university students and are eligible to complete an on-campus internship

BRETT WILKINSON, Ph.D, LMHC ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, COUNSELOR EDUCATION GRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

ACHIEVE YOUR PROFESSIONAL GOALS

Stand out with a graduate degree that enhances your professional qualifications through:

• Clinical training in our faculty supervised, on-campus Community Counseling Center (CCC)

• Facilitation of enhanced self-awareness, empathy, mindfulness, and personal growth

• Professional development opportunities, including travel to state and national conferences

• Participation in our program’s award-winning Honor Society, Chi Eta Sigma

• Unique research opportunities via the faculty-led Institute of Counseling Research (ICR)

LEARN FROM EXPERT FACULTY

Faculty research and interest areas include:

• Humanistic-Experiential Training Methods

• Social Justice, Epistemic Justice, and Advocacy

• Crisis and Trauma Counseling

• Substance and Behavioral Addictions

• Advanced Marriage and Family Therapies

• Metacognitive and Relational Supervision Practices

• Suicide Assessment, Prevention, and Postvention

• Empowering Students to Improve School and College Climates

APPLICATION DEADLINES

100% INDIANA LICENSURE EXAM PASS RATE FOR CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS (2023)

PROGRAM WEBSITE

NOVEMBER 1st: Early Application

FEBRUARY 15th: Regular Application

AN INCREDIBLE CONNECTEDNESS

“There is an incredible connectedness amongst our cohort of students, and it’s unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. We have nearly every class together and we are one unit working together to make the world a better place.”

DRAKE TURNER, COUNSELOR EDUCATION, '24 COHORT

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INDIANA LICENSURE EXAM PASS RATE FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS (2023)