Department of Counseling

Earn a CACREP-accredited master's in counseling at UL Lafayette with concentrations in clinical mental health counseling, school counseling, or both.

Whether you're already working in a helping profession or you've just earned your bachelor's degree, our Master of Science in Counseling gives you the core knowledge and clinical skills to make ethical, effective decisions as a professional counselor. Courses meet in person, and you'll work with real clients in our own counseling clinic before you graduate.

The Department of Counseling is also home to the The Caring Communities Youth Survey (CCYS).

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Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Learn to apply mental health counseling theories and research in clinical practice. This concentration meets the educational requirements for licensure as a professional counselor (LPC) in Louisiana.

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School Counseling

Help K-12 students meet their personal, academic, and career goals. This concentration meets the Louisiana Department of Education's educational requirements for certification as a school counselor, K-12.

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Dual Concentration

Complete the requirements of both concentrations and prepare for LPC licensure and K-12 school counselor certification.

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Why Study Counseling?

Train in Our Own Counseling Clinic

Counsel real clients before you graduate. Under faculty supervision, students offer individual, family, couples, and group counseling and play therapy at our clinic.

Research That Serves Louisiana

We share Caring Communities Youth Survey results for Louisiana students in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12, and you'll build research and clinical skills in the program.

CACREP Accredited

Our clinical mental health and school counseling programs are CACREP accredited, a mark of high standards in preparing counseling practitioners.