Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program to provide a Christ-centered academic community that facilitates the professional and personal development of students to become competent providers of exceptional clinical mental health services to individuals and their related systems within relevant ecological contexts.
Requirements (60 credits)
A student who has completed the Clinical Mental Health program should, with graduate-level competency, be able to:
- Students will articulate a clear, accurate understanding of CMHC professional identity.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental domains in clinical mental health counseling (i.e., foundations; counseling prevention, and intervention, diversity & advocacy; assessment; research & evaluation; and diagnosis).
- Students will demonstrate skills and practices of clinical mental health counseling in the delivery of mental health services (e.g., assessment, diagnosis, treatment, termination, documentation, & ethical practice).
- Students will deliver mental health services with multicultural competence and sensitivity.
- Students will demonstrate ability to apply relevant research and evaluation models in practice of clinical mental health counseling.
- Students will demonstrate ability to integrate faith with clinical mental health counseling practice in clinically appropriate, culturally sensitive, and ethical manner.
Core Courses
| CNS-501 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| CNS-502 | Multicultural Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-503 | Theory and Techniques in the Helping Relationship | 3 |
| CNS-504 | Theory and Techniques in Group Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-505 | Theory and Techniques in Career Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-506 | Appraisal of Individuals and Families | 3 |
| CNS-507 | Research and Evaluation of Methods and Practice | 3 |
| CNS-508 | Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues | 3 |
| CNS-509 | Integration of Christian Faith in Professional Counseling | 3 |
Clinical Experiences
| CNS-550A | Supervised Practicum - Clinical Mental Health Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-551A | Supervised Internship - Clinical Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-552A | Supervised Internship - Clinical Counseling | 3 |
CNS-554 is no longer required by CACREP or the Indiana CMHC Licensure Board. Students are permitted to select a course from a list of suggested course alternatives as a substitute. The program advisor will assist students in identifying a suitable alternative course.
Specialization Courses
| CNS-511 | Issues in Addiction Recovery | 3 |
| CNS-522 | Foundations in Clinical Mental Health Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-523 | Assessment and Intervention in Clinical Mental Health | 3 |
| CNS-524 | Ecological Counseling and Prevention | 3 |
| CNS-533 | Psychopathology | 3 |
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| Electives (9) | 9 |
