MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Degree Concentration

The Clinical Mental Health Counseling Concentration exposes students to a variety of different preventative methods and diagnoses in an all-encompassing concentration that provides a wide base of competency with a specific focus on community mental health. Students will be enrolled in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Concentration unless an alternative concentration is selected.

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Student Learning Objectives

Demonstrate knowledge and skills to provide appropriate intake, assessment, and treatment planning to individuals impacted by trauma, crisis, addiction, and life transitional experiences.
Demonstrate knowledge and practices regarding a systematic approach to creating and maintaining collaborative service plans and advocacy needs in response to diverse community, wellness and mental health issues, and crises.

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Courses

The information listed below is from the current course catalog. Terms, sequences, courses and credit hours are subject to change at any time without notice.

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Term 1		Hours
COUN 501	Theories of Counseling	3
COUN 510	Professional, Legal, & Ethical Issues in Counseling	3
COUN 505	Counseling Skills	3
	Hours	9
Term 2
COUN 507	Social and Cultural Foundations in Counseling	3
COUN 506	Fundamentals of CBT and Suicidology	3
COUN 503	Psychodiagnosis & Psychopharmacology	3
	Hours	9
Term 3
COUN 504	Group Therapy	3
COUN 508	Lifespan Development	3
COUN 512	Intro to Marriage & Family Counseling	3
	Hours	9
Second Year
Term 1
COUN 561	Practicum Seminar ^{Note: Students whose Practicum/Internship placement begins during the fall term of year two will register for the Practicum/Internship course sequence (COUN 561, 562, 563) in the fall, winter, and spring terms. These students will not take COUN 585: Internship III, and will instead complete an elective to fulfill the remaining required 3 credits.}	3
COUN 520	Assessing and Treating Addiction	3
	Hours	6
Term 2
COUN 562	Internship I	3
COUN 552	Research Methods, Statistics, & Program Evaluation	3
COUN 527	Community Based Interventions	3
COUN 591	Case Conceptualization Comprehensive Exam	0
COUN 593	Comprehensive Exam (Standardized Patient Video)	0
	Hours	9
Term 3
COUN 563	Internship Seminar II	3
COUN 509	Tests and Measurements	3
COUN 571	Career and Vocational Counseling	3
COUN 590	Objective Comprehensive Exam	0
	Hours	9
Term 4
COUN 585	Internship III	3
COUN 515	Crisis & Trauma Counseling	3
COUN 565	Capstone Advocacy Project	0
Elective (3 credits)		3
	Hours	9
Third Year
Term 1
Elective (3 credits; fall start practicum students only)
	Hours	0
	Total Hours	60