Marriage and Family Counseling - Mississippi College

Marriage and Family Counseling from Mississippi College is a Campus Master Counseling degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Mission The Master of Science in Marriage and Family Counseling specifically prepares the student for working within mental health centers, hospitals, industry, churches, and private practice. Marriage and family therapists contribute important knowledge and skills to the treatment of parent-child problems, marital conflict, sexual dysfunction, substance abuse, and other common psycho-social problems. Emphasis is placed on the development of skilled clinicians who successfully integrate therapeutic knowledge and practice. A significant dimension of the program is attention to the often neglected needs of marginalized persons: ethnic minorities, the impoverished, and women. Therapy involves consideration of the social and cultural forces impinging on individuals, couples and families. An effort is made to prepare clinicians capable of effective intervention at the individual, family and community levels. The program is designed to train traditional students who enter directly out of undergraduate programs and non-traditional students who are returning to college to undertake professional preparation for a new career. Students are recruited primarily from the state of Mississippi and surrounding southeastern states. Faculty participating in the program teach a combination of graduate and undergraduate course work, supervise student research when appropriate, and provide regular advising services. Objectives The Master of Science in Marriage and Family Counseling program has five general objectives. The five general program objectives are: 1. Graduates will have basic competencies to treat parent--child problems, marital conflict, sexual dysfunction, substance abuse, and other common psychological problems. 2. Graduates will enter positions in mental health centers, hospitals, industry, churches, and private practice. 3. Graduates will be able to integrate therapeutic knowledge and practice. 4. Graduates will be prepared to attend to the needs of marginalized persons (ethnic minorities, the impoverished, and women), with consideration being given to the social and cultural forces impending on individuals, couples, and families. 5. Graduates will have the basic competencies to effectively intervene at the individual, family , and community levels. View more details on Mississippi College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Counseling courses.