Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

DESCRIPTION

The Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and is approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (CSWMFT) to meet academic requirements for the Professional Counselor (PC) and Professional Clinical Counseling (PCC) licenses. The curriculum is based on a firm commitment to biblical responsibilities and principles as they apply to personal wholeness and the healing of human hurts. Field experience requirements are designed to allow students freedom in selecting sites to match career interests and goals. Students are exposed to a rich blend of expertise through faculty who serve at a variety of institutional, agency, and private practice settings.

The MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree is offered at the Ashland Campus and the Columbus Center. A new cohort of counseling students begins in the Fall semester each year, meeting on Thursdays in Ashland for students beginning in odd-numbered years and on Tuesdays in Columbus for students beginning in even-numbered years. Students earning the MA in CMHC degree complete 60 semester hours of counseling coursework and a four-hour religious heritage core.

PURPOSE

The Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is offered from within a Christian worldview and strives to develop exceptional professional counselors with the necessary knowledge and skills to provide compassionate care to people from diverse backgrounds. This program provides the academic and experiential background needed to equip students to effectively practice as professional counselors. In addition, the degree satisfies Ohio educational requirements set by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for licensure as a Professional Counselor (P.C.) and Professional Clinical Counselor (P.C.C.). Graduates from this program typically enter a wide variety of professional vocations and post-graduate programs. These include but are not limited to private practice, community mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment programs, military and institutional chaplaincies, correctional agencies, and church-based counseling centers.

PRACTICUM IN COUNSELING

Practicum is an important experience in the student’s preparation as a clinical counselor. It is intended to be an on-the-job experience conducted in a setting as close as possible to the one in which the student will seek employment. The nature of this experience should be as similar to a regular counseling position as possible, but with much more supervision than is usually the case with an employed counselor.

• Practicum Downloads
  Practicum Site Evaluation Form Sample Logsheet of Hours Logsheet of Hours Practicum Affiliation Agreement Practicum Handbook Practicum Hours Verification Practicum Timeline Documentation

  CCEC - Student Self-Evaluation CCEC - Facilitator Evaluation of Student Field Supervisor Evaluation of Student Counselor Trainee Evaluation of Supervisor

INTERNSHIP IN COUNSELING

The internship is one of the most important experiences in the student’s preparation as a clinical counselor. The internship experience follows practicum and provides further opportunity for students to assume the role of professional counselor-in-training (counselor trainee) and to provide clinical services within a community agency, school, or private group practice under appropriate supervision. In the internship, students have the opportunity to synthesize and apply what they have learned in theory, practice, and research in an actual counseling setting. While in this setting, the site supervisor serves as an important role model and mentor, guiding the intern as she/he works with clients. Thus the internship is intended to be an experience from which the student, clients, the internship site, and the school can all benefit.

• Internship Downloads
  Sample Logsheet of Hours Logsheet of Hours Internship Hours Verification Internship Affiliation Agreement Internship Handbook

  Internship Site Evaluation Counselor Trainee Evaluation of Supervisor CCEC - Student Self-Evaluation CCEC - Facilitator Evaluation of Student Field Supervisor Evaluation of Student