The Mental Health Counseling program prepares master’s-level graduates to pursue further doctoral training and/or credentialing to work in the mental health field. Our program is designed to meet the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) educational requirements in many states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Elective courses provide the opportunity to receive advanced training in:
Designed to be completed in two years by full-time students, the program also offers part-time options. Most courses meet in the evenings, and a few courses meet on Saturdays.
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The Mental Health Counseling program provides specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy and training in empirically supported treatment techniques. The mission of the program is to prepare highly skilled, compassionate counselors to provide empirically based, culturally sensitive and collaborative interventions.
Grounded in the cognitive-behavioral tradition, this program trains practitioner-scholars to offer assessment, therapy, consultation, program evaluation, social justice advocacy and follow-up services.
Incorporating knowledge of the biopsychosocial model (mind + body + interpersonal/culture/community), the program provides a foundation for ethical practice that facilitates the well-being of individuals, families and communities.
PCOM offers two MS counseling programs:
Students complete a foundation curriculum and electives in the program. They receive specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy.
Electives can be in a variety of topic areas, such as marriage and family therapy, trauma and others, or can focus on health counseling/behavioral medicine, cognitive-behavior therapy, or addictions and offender counseling.
PCOM
4170 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: 215-871-6100
Email: admissions@pcom.edu
GA-PCOM
625 Old Peachtree Road NW
Suwanee, GA 30024
Phone: 678-225-7500
Email: GAadmissions@pcom.edu
PCOM South Georgia
Moultrie, GA
Opening Fall 2019
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