羅伯特莫里斯大學(xué)

The M.S. in Counseling Psychology is a two-year cohort program that provides a foundation in counseling skills, assessment, and individual and group therapy. It offers students the opportunity to gain supervised practical experience in a formal practicum and internship.

Students learn how to understand client issues and needs in a variety of settings and then collaboratively put individually tailored intervention plans into action. An emphasis is placed on training multiculturally aware ethical practitioners. Graduates meet the core educational requirements for licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the state of Pennsylvania. In any given semester, for the duration of the program, students will be on campus two evenings a week from 6:00–10:00pm for classes.

The MS in Counseling Psychology is accredited by the Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC).

I. Mission Statement: The mission of the Master of Science in Counseling Psychology program is to help meet mental health service needs by providing quality graduate-level training to students interested in becoming licensed professional counselors.

II. Program Goals and Objectives: The goal of the Master of Science in Counseling Psychology program at RMU is to train students to become knowledgeable, skillful, ethical practitioners who will be able to help people in need of professional counseling services. The program assigns a high priority to meeting the educational and personal needs of its students and provides foundational and advanced training in the provision of psychotherapy and counseling using a practitioner-scholar model. The program emphasizes a practical, holistic approach to counseling psychology and promotes multimodal assessment, case conceptualization, treatment considerations, and an understanding of the power of the therapeutic relationship.

Sample Courses:

These are some of the classes for students in this academic program:

• Theories of Counseling
• Foundations of Addiction
• Grief & Bereavement