Master of Arts Counseling - Clinical Mental Health Counseling Emphasis

The MA Counseling Program is committed to the integration of instruction, research, and active participation in schools, rehabilitation and behavioral health, and other community settings in southern Arizona. The MA Counseling Program prepares graduates to design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive rehabilitation, behavioral health, and school counseling programs. Designed with the input of an advisory board of counselors from the community, the program responds to the needs of clinical mental health and rehabilitation health as well as any behavioral needs throughout the country while also preparing counselors to meet the particular needs of Arizona. It prepares graduates to be skillful in all components of Counseling. Endorsing the scholar-practitioner model of counselor graduate training, students are exposed to all aspects of professional practice in counseling. Program graduates build a solid foundation in counseling skills and theory, research, and practice and meet educational requirements to qualify for the national Certified Rehabilitation Counselors certification and Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor (LPCCMHC Specialization: Prepares graduates for an Arizona Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC). Graduates are qualified to work with individuals with a variety of challenges across the life span from strengths-based and wellness model in both public (i.e., governmental) and private behavioral health settings. As clinical mental health practitioners, graduates will collaborate with individuals with various emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges and their other service providers to achieve their personal, professional, and career goals in the most integrated setting possible