Overview
The curriculum of the Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree from Gannon University provides a blend of counselor training experiences designed to provide the skills and knowledge necessary to become a professional counselor. Graduates are prepared to pursue National Counselor Certification (NCC) and licensure as a Professional Counselor (LPC).
Outcome
The curriculum is based on the following eight core counselor competency areas:
- Demonstrate understanding of the ethical, legal and professional spheres of counselor roles, responsibilities, and identity.
- Demonstrate understanding of the complexities of social and cultural contexts for individuals and their implications for relationships.
- Demonstrate understanding of human development across the lifespan and its significance for counseling relationships and strategies.
- Demonstrate understanding of career development and the interrelationships among and between work, mental well-being, relationships, and other life roles and factors.
- Demonstrate counselor characteristics, behaviors, interviewing, and counseling skills that influence the helping relationship.
- Demonstrate understanding of the dynamics, strategies, and conditions associated with group work effectiveness.
- Demonstrate competent use of assessment and diagnosis of mental and emotional disorders and conditions.
- Demonstrate competent use of research methods, needs assessment, and program evaluation skills important to the counseling profession.
- Demonstrate case conceptualization, diagnosis, and treatment planning skills that utilize developmental and multicultural knowledge and an understanding of therapeutic relationships within the context of clinical mental health counseling.
- Demonstrate self-awareness and self-development through engagement in active learning and reflectivity.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Group Dynamics
- Human Development Over the Life Span
- Professional Counseling
- Counseling Strategies and Techniques
- Research Methodology
- Counseling and Personality Theories
- Appraisal in Counseling
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 33 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
English requirements
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Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
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- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Students must have a bachelor's degree from an approved institution.
- A complete application for admissions includes: a resume, three letters of recommendation from appropriate professionals, an essay, and participation in an admissions interview.
- To be admitted into the program, applicants must have a minimum grade point average of 2.8 in undergraduate coursework.
- Students must also have Pennsylvania Child Abuse History clearance and the Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Record Check (ACT 33 & ACT 34 clearances) dated within a year of application.
Tuition Fee
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International
17345 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 795 USD per credit during 33 months. -
National
17345 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 795 USD per credit during 33 months. -
In-State
17345 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 795 USD per credit during 33 months.
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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Available Scholarships
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