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.

Successful Program Learning Outcomes are as follows:

1. Students will articulate a clear understanding of CMHC professional identity.
2. Students will deliver mental health services with multicultural competence.
3. Students will integrate understanding of developmental concepts and processes in case conceptualizations.
4. Students will conceptualize the relationship that exists between/among work, personal and relational well-being, and other life roles.
5. Students will demonstrate essential counseling skills with competence.
6. Students will facilitate a group session with competency.
7. Students will display counseling appraisal skills that demonstrate validity and reliability.
8. Students will apply research findings from professional literature to inform development of treatment plans/intervention strategies.
9. Students will integrate faith-based or spirituality-based principles/strategies in case conceptualizations or interventions.
10. Demonstrate ability to diagnose mental disorders using accepted diagnostic systems (e.g. DSM, ICD).
11. Appy CMHC paradigm in case conceptualizations (i.e., remediation of pathology and promotion of well-being in clients and their related ecological contexts).
12. Students will function in professional roles and relationships in ways that reflect adherence to ethical and legal standards.

Requirements (60 credits)

A student who has completed the Clinical Mental Health program should, with graduate-level competency, be able to:

1. Students will articulate a clear, accurate understanding of CMHC professional identity.
2. 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).
3. 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).
4. Students will deliver mental health services with multicultural competence and sensitivity.
5. Students will demonstrate ability to apply relevant research and evaluation models in practice of clinical mental health counseling.
6. 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
-	Electives (9)	9