Students will demonstrate knowledge of the multiple roles and responsibilities of the professional counselor including the role of advocate, interdisciplinary team member, and ethical practitioner.
Students will demonstrate cultural competence that enables them to meet the individual needs of clients in a multicultural society.
Students will identify biopsychosocial factors that influence development and functioning across the lifespan and apply developmental theories to work with individuals.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of career theories, assessments, career resources, and the interrelationship between career and other life roles.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of counseling theories and models for client conceptualization.
Students will demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain the therapeutic alliance and utilize case conceptualization and treatment planning skills.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of group theories and stages, as well as demonstrate group facilitation and leadership skills.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the selection, implementation, and interpretation of different types of assessment tools used within counseling.
Students will demonstrate the ability to design a counseling program evaluation and the ability to collect, analyze, and use data to evaluate their counseling practice.
Students will identify roles, theories, and models related to addiction counseling and apply empirically supported approaches to work with clients.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the multiple roles school counselors have as leaders, advocates, and systems change agents in P-12 schools and be able to evaluate components of a comprehensive school counseling program.
Counselor Education & Supervision PhD
Counseling – Prepare advanced professional counselors who demonstrate clinical skills in counseling grounded in empirically supported, theory-based approaches to helping.
Supervision -Students learn theories and models of clinical supervision and have opportunities to practice ethical and culturally appropriate supervision.
Teaching – Students understand the various roles of the counselor educator related to teaching and mentoring and learn how to apply culturally sensitive, relevant, and developmental instruction within the field.
Research and Scholarship – Students will demonstrate the ability to design and implement quantitative and qualitative research and to disseminate research through professional conference presentations and publication.
Leadership and Advocacy – Prepare advanced clinicians, supervisors, and educators who serve as leaders and advocates in their respective communities.