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Certificate Programs
The Department of Counselor Education offers advanced graduate certificate programs in Addictions Studies, Community Mental Health Counseling, and Rehabilitation Counseling. Certificate programs are designed to help master's level practitioners develop advanced skills in a specialty area. The Department of Counselor Education's advanced graduate certificate programs emphasize translating theory into practice. This includes opportunities for students to work in clinical settings under supervision, with different client populations. Students are required to become competent clinicians and informed consumers of counseling literature and research. Because personal qualities play a vital part in the determination of success as a counselor, opportunities are provided for the development of self-awareness, as well as an understanding of the effect one has upon others in interpersonal interactions and relationships. The philosophical underpinnings of the department include beliefs in democratic and communitarian values, the worth and dignity of individuals and relationships, personal uniqueness and value, and the freedom of individuals to be self-determined within a context of responsibility to others. Within the social world context, individuals strive to find meaning, involvement, worth, and self-esteem. However, they often experience difficulty addressing the basic problems of living: existential, relational, and occupational concerns about which people's lives revolve. Graduates of the department's programs are prepared to address these issues with clients, and are expected to be competent in doing so.
For more information, please select the certificate program you are interested in:
- Advanced Graduate Certificate in Addictions Studies
- Advanced Graduate Community Mental Health Counseling Certificate
- Advanced Graduate Rehabilitation Counseling Certificate
