Potential Careers
- Licensed Professional Counselor, Private Practice
- Mental Health Counselor - Behavioral Health Clinic
Counselor Education - Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Master of Science)
The Clinical Mental Health Counseling specialty leads to eligibility, after passing the required examination and meeting the post-master's supervised experience requirement, as a Licensed Professional Counselor Alabama and may lead to licensure in other states, depending on their requirements. The course of study is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and the core required courses in the program meet the eight CACREP core areas required by most states for licensure. In addition, students will gain professional knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to address a wide variety of circumstances within the clinical mental health counseling context.
The curriculum is based upon program objectives that provide students with a structured sequence of curricular and clinical experiences reflecting the present and projected needs of a pluralistic society for which specialized counseling and human development activities have been developed. The program objectives are consistent with state licensing and certification and national certification educational requirements. They are defined by course objectives, assignments, and are measurable, as documented in course syllabi. These objectives reflect input from the Program Faculty members, Advisory Committee, and former students in the Counselor Education program.
There are nine elements essential to this mission:
There are nine elements essential to this mission:
- Technological Competence: The program will expect the student to demonstrate the ability to use technology to enhance services delivered to clients/students.
- Professional Identity: The program will expect the student to demonstrate an understanding of professional functioning including history, roles, technological competence, organizations, credentialing, advocacy process and ethical standards in professional counseling.
- Social and Cultural Diversity: The program will expect the student to demonstrate an understanding of the cultural context of relationships, issues, and trends in a multicultural and diverse society as they relate to factors such as age, ethnicity, nationality, culture, gender, sexual orientation, physical characteristics, education, family values, spiritual values, socioeconomic status and other unique characteristics.
- Human Growth and Development: The program will expect the student to demonstrate an understanding of individuals at all developmental levels, including theories of development across the life span, theories of learning and personality development, human behavior including environmental factors effecting both normal and abnormal behavior, ethical and legal considerations and strategies for facilitating development over the life span.
- Career Development: The program will expect the student to demonstrate an understanding of career development and related life factors including theories and developmental modes, career development program planning, educational and occupation information as well as computer-based career information systems, diversity issues in career development, career planning, placement and evaluation including assessment instruments, ethical and legal considerations, and career counseling techniques.
- Helping Relationships: The program will expect the student to demonstrate an understanding of counseling and consultation processes including basic interviewing and counseling skills as well as knowledge and application of counseling theories. An understanding of family and other systems theories in family assessment and counseling is included. Other helping considerations include knowledge of self, consultation and ethical and legal considerations.
- Group Work: The program will expect the student to demonstrate an understanding of group development, dynamics, counseling theories, group counseling methods and skills and other group work approaches.
- Assessment: The program will expect the student to demonstrate an understanding of individual and group approaches to assessment and evaluation.
- Research and Program Evaluation: The program will expect the student to demonstrate an understanding of research, statistical analysis, needs assessment and program evaluation.
Median Annual Salary
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Licensed Professional Counselor |
$68,388 |
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Mental Health Counselor |
$68,400 |
Additional Facts
- All School Counseling Programs and Clinical Mental Health Programs at JSU are accredited by CACREP (Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs)
