Counseling Mental Health Counseling - The University of Tennessee

Counseling Mental Health Counseling from The University of Tennessee is a Campus Master Counseling degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The focus of the Mental Health Counseling Program is the preparation of excellent counselors and scholars to serve in agencies providing counseling to adolescents, children, and adults (such as programs serving at-risk children, youth and families; mental health treatment centers; residential treatment centers, drug and alcohol treatment programs; hospitals; private practices; detention centers; and mental health counseling programs in schools). Our graduates are self-aware counselors and scholars whose life-long learning continually informs their practice and development. The Mental Health Counseling Program at the University of Tennessee is a 60-credit hour program, accredited by the Counsel for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The program of study includes at least 1000 hours of closely supervised practicum and internship counseling experiences in clinical settings. Each student's program is customized to support individual goals as well as to provide a common core of counselor preparation. Graduates of the program will have completed the educational and graduate clinical preparation requirements qualifying them to apply for the National Counselors Exam (this is the exam for National Counselor Certification and for licensure in Tennessee and many other states). Graduates of the program will also have completed the educational and graduate clinical preparation requirements for licensure as a professional counselor with mental health service provider designation (LPC-MHSP) in Tennessee. Our CACREP accreditation helps ensure the portability of the degree . For example, the counselor licensure requirements of many states match the CACREP standards for Mental Health Counseling Programs. The faculty provides a rigorous, experiential, practical educational experience, aimed at maximizing the professional and personal-development of our graduates. It is important that our graduate students learn and develop in a challenging and supportive learning community. View more details on The University of Tennessee . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Counseling courses.