孟菲斯大学的硕士临床心理健康（CMH）咨询计划旨在培养多元化，知识渊博和技能娴熟的咨询专业人员，使其能够在各种环境中工作，包括：私人执业，药物滥用计划，医院治疗计划，社区矫正计划，退伍军人管理局医疗中心，教育机构（高中和大学/大学），员工援助计划，社区非营利组织。我们设计的理学硕士学位（MS）旨在使学生在完成该计划后将满足田纳西州的持牌专业顾问（LPC）教育要求以及该州的心理健康服务提供者（MHSP）教育要求。该计划要求完成至少六十（60）个研究生课程的学术课程工作，包括成功完成实习（3个研究生小时/ 1
The Master’s degree programs in Counseling prepare entry level counseling professionals with a broad knowledge base in fundamental socialbehavioral science (human development, learning and cognition, personality theory, and emerging research on visible ethnic populations and gender differences), counseling and helping skills (individual and group counseling, and assessment), research and evaluation tools, and professional identity, role and function. The concentrations in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling concentration is accredited by the Council of Rehabilitation Counseling (CORE).<br><br>Program objectives are: (1) comprehension of concepts and theories underlying the profession of counseling; (2) ability to collect, analyze, and interpret individual and group data, and to generate and test hypothesis related to human behavior; (3) ability to effectively counsel in both individual and group settings: (4) ability to formulate, implement, and evaluate appropriate counseling programs and interventions; (5) ability to understand and demonstrate ethical behavior and the legal and ethical implications of that behavior; and (6) development of sensitivity and understanding of the needs of persons who are culturally different, including the ability to (a) examine attitudes and myths regarding the culturally different client and (b) the sociopolitical forces impacting the culturally different client.