Earn a master's in clinical mental health counseling at UL Lafayette that meets the educational requirements for LPC licensure in Louisiana.
Clinical mental health counseling offers deep personal satisfaction and strong career opportunities. In this concentration of our Master of Science in Counseling, you'll learn to apply contemporary mental health counseling theories and techniques, with varied learning experiences and close faculty supervision to guide you into clinical practice.
Counsel Real Clients Before You Graduate
You'll work closely with clients in our Clinic for Counseling and Personal Development, where you'll lead and assist individual, family, couples, and group counseling and play therapy sessions under faculty supervision.
What You'll Learn
Courses cover relationships, working in multicultural environments, psychology, psychopathology, community mental health settings, and counseling techniques. Electives include family counseling, play therapy, crisis counseling, and group counseling.
When you complete the concentration, you'll be prepared to:
- Apply mental health counseling theories and research in contemporary clinical practice settings
- Deliver counseling services to clients in practical settings
- Apply the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics to your professional behavior and practice
- Communicate professionally and empathetically in all professional contacts
Licensure
This 60-credit-hour concentration meets the educational requirements for licensure as a professional counselor (LPC) in Louisiana and prepares you to deliver services in a variety of mental health settings. It meets the professional standards set by CACREP. After graduation, you'll take the National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification.
Learn about Louisiana licensure from the Louisiana LPC Board. If you plan to practice in another state, read our licensure disclosure.
Careers
Graduates work as mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance use counselors, behavioral disorder counselors, and vocational counselors in mental health, health care, educational institutions, criminal justice and corrections, and the private sector.
Apply Now
Applications are due March 1, and students are admitted once a year in the fall.
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