CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
Our 60-credit-hour Master of Arts in Education-Clinical Mental Health Counseling Degree is tailored for professionals seeking a clinical mental health counseling career and obtaining a Nebraska provisional license as a mental health practitioner (PLMHP). Licensure applicants must also pass the National Counselor Examination (NCE).
The Department of Health & Human Services/Division of Public Health/Licensure Unit approves our CSC CACREP accredited Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree program. Please see the Non-Cohort Counselor Education Student Handbook for more detailed information.
Graduate Counselor Education Department Mission
Our mission is to prepare highly effective counselors equipped with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to serve a diverse, multicultural, and global society with marginalized populations. The faculty, current and former students, and community partners provide input to achieve our mission through the following objectives.
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master's Program Objectives
- Foster the development of a strong professional counselor identity following the ethical guidelines outlined in the ACA and ASCA Codes of Ethics.
- Prepare culturally competent counselors to serve a diverse, multicultural, and global society with marginalized populations.
- Prepare counselors to apply human developmental theory to inform interventions across the lifespan.
- Produce counselors with a nuanced understanding of career development to conceptualize the intricate interplay between work, mental well-being, and other life roles.
- Prepare counselors who employ theoretically grounded counseling interventions to establish theory-based client outcomes.
- Prepare counselors who employ group dynamics and application of group theory in group counseling practice.
- Prepare counselors who employ ethical and culturally responsive assessment practices, strategies, and interventions in counseling practice.
- Prepare counselors who critically evaluate and utilize research methods in professional counseling.
- Produce Clinical Mental Health Counselors adept at diagnosis, mental health case conceptualization, and treatment planning.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
- Complete application
- Earned baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution
- Official transcripts from the college/university that issued the bachelor's degree
- Official transcripts from any institutions attended after receiving a bachelor's degree (if applicable)
- Admission essay
- View the New Student Orientation video
The 4-year course rotation can be found on the Counseling Course Information page