Community Counseling - College of St Joseph

Community Counseling from College of St Joseph is a Campus Master Community Health degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Program Objectives The primary objective of the Community Counseling Program is to train masters level professional counselors who can help others to understand their personal and interpersonal difficulties, develop effective decision-making strategies, utilize appropriate resources and implement appropriate courses of action to enhance their level of personal functioning and psychological adjustment. Like the other programs, the Community Counseling Program is also based on the premise that self-awareness, commitment to continuous personal and professional growth and ethical decision making are necessary to function as an effective counseling professional. Program Description and Competencies The Community Counseling degree program consists of a total of 48 credits, which includes two practicum field experiences. The program has been designed as a substantial,graduate training program alternative for individuals who are not currently in need of, or interested in pursuing state licensure in Vermont, but who want to develop a solid core of professional counseling skills to secure employment in governmental, private, and/or non-profit community-based human services agencies. Completion of this program can also serve as a foundation in specialty areas, and under current (2006) licensure law, can permit an individual to obtain additional coursework and fieldwork experience following graduation if licensure as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor subsequently becomes of interest or necessary. This program can be completed in two years of full time study, or on a part-time basis in three or more years. During precandidacy, the student is required to pass satisfactorily (with a minimum grade of ?B?) fifteen (15) credits, including GPS 500, 501, 502, 504 and 518. Precandidacy is an evaluative stage which provides an opportunity to assess the student's academic competence, potential for personal growth, and functioning as a professional mental health counselor. In the second stage of the student's program, remaining requirements for the degree are completed, including field work experiences. Competency areas within the graduate program which reflect 2006 licensure requirements include: Group 1: Core Graduate Courses Which Define a "Counseling or Related Degree:"Ethics, theories and basic concepts of human behavior and development, diagnosis,assessment and treatment, counseling skills, group work, measurement and psychological appraisal and treatment modalities: At least 18 of 24 credits of specified coursework must be completed within the graduate program (by state regulation); Group 2: Course Required for licensure but not required as part of the program: Courses in marriage, couples and family counseling, human sexuality, crisis intervention,addictive behavior and psychopharmacology: At least 6 out of 15 graduate credits in specified coursework are required (by state regulation); Group 3: At least three graduate credits are required for licensure in all three of the following areas: Multi-cultural studies (diversity), research and evaluation, and career development and lifestyle appraisal. View more details on College of St Joseph . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Community Health courses.