Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS)

Demonstrate professional proficiency and exhibit familiarity with professional orientation and ethical practices as advocated by the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics.
Illustrate the importance of multicultural issues in the counseling profession when working with diverse clients.
Provide illustrations of human growth and developmental theories framed in the principles of assessment and appraisal.
Demonstrate planning and implementation of career development practices and theoretical perspectives.
Show command of counseling theories and how to conceptualize cases from a wellness perspective.
Exhibit knowledge of group dynamics, group leadership, group development and the ability to apply these concepts in a variety of group types.
Implement basic and advanced assessment techniques in the framework of helping relationships.
Demonstrate the role of research in advancing the counseling profession.
Articulate and demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to identify and treat behaviors and situations and apply counseling theories, models and approaches to individuals and groups who face a variety of mental health disorders.