Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Students completing the Clinical Mental Health Counseling concentration will, as part of their degree program, complete all the educational requirements to sit for the National Counselor Exam. This concentration prepares master level clinicians to work with adolescents and adults in the community setting. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling concentration is appropriate for individuals wishing to develop expertise in counseling adolescents and adults and/or gaining the credentials to assume supervisory positions in community agency settings. The total degree hours required for this concentration is 60. This concentration requires a 600-hour internship and a 100-hour practicum.

Required Courses for Specialty Area (21 Credits)

*COUN 505 Group Counseling *COUN 531 Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling COUN 536 Trauma: Biology, Principles and Treatment *COUN 540 Psychopathology & Diagnosis Using the DSM COUN 570 Crisis Management Intervention CNCC 525 Management of Special Populations

3 3 3 3 3 3 CNCC 578 Correctional Counseling 3 CNCC 560 Internship in Counseling Psychology I - Correctional Counseling 3 CNCC 561 Internship in Counseling Psychology II - Correctional Counseling 3 COUN 562 Professional Seminar: Culminating Experience 3

Electives (12 credits)

* All courses marked with an asterisk have to be completed prior to internship. This is a license-eligible concentration.