Counseling and Guidance

Overview

Our mission correlates with the University and Department mission of developing “well-rounded leaders and critical thinkers who can solve problems in an increasingly complex, dynamic, and global society.”

Program Objectives

• Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice

Counseling graduate students will demonstrate a strong professional counseling orientation and identity.

• Social and Cultural Diversity

Students of the Counseling and Guidance program from Texas A&M University - Kingsville will demonstrate multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary for competency in working with a diverse population.

• Human Growth and Development

Students are able to demonstrate an understanding of development across the lifespan and the impact on normal and abnormal functioning.

• Career Development

Counseling graduate students demonstrate understanding and application of career development theory to help individuals with career planning and decisions.

• Counseling and Helping Relationships

Counseling graduate students demonstrate knowledge and skills of theories and techniques necessary to engage in an effective and therapeutic helping relationship.

• Group Counseling and Group Work

Students demonstrate competency in preparing and facilitation of group counseling.

• Assessment and Testing

Students demonstrate the ability to identify effective assessment strategies in order to facilitate treatment planning.

• Research and Program Evaluation

Students will demonstrate an understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods as well as program evaluation to inform evidence-based practice.

• Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Foundations

Students will demonstrate an understanding of clinical mental health counseling foundations, including history, theory, and assessment in clinical mental health counseling.

• Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Contextual Dimensions

Students will demonstrate an understanding of clinical mental health counseling contextual factors, including credentialing, cultural factors, and record keeping in clinical mental health counseling.

• Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Practice

Students will demonstrate an understanding of clinical mental health counseling practice, including techniques, interventions, and advocacy in clinical mental health counseling.