The Mental Health Counseling 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 addictions treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, applied behavioral analysis and counseling in medical settings.
The program is designed to be completed in two years by full-time students. Full- and part-time options are available. 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.
The program prepares master’s-level graduates to pursue further doctoral training and/or credentialing as a licensed professional counselor to work in the mental health field.
The Mental Health Counseling 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 addictions treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, applied behavioral analysis and counseling in medical settings.
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.
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