The Counselor Education Program combines personal education with exciting experiential learning. There are opportunities to explore all areas of clinical mental health and school counseling. Practice areas include clinical mental health counseling, school counseling, chemical dependency counseling, rehabilitation counseling, and many others. You will find that faculty are friendly and attentive to your needs, and here to help you meet your career goals in an atmosphere that is personable and accommodates your lifestyle.The Counselor Education program is determined to be the pre-eminent program in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan for training and research in clinical mental health counseling, school counseling, school psychology, and counselor education and supervision consistent with the public metropolitan mission of the University of Toledo. Toward this end, the Program offers student-centered programs that integrate learning, discovery, and engagement, so that both traditional and nontraditional students may achieve their highest potential in an environment that embraces and celebrates human diversity, respect for the individual, and freedom of expression. The Program commits itself to achieving excellence through direct service to students, distance learning opportunities, research contributions to the professional knowledge base, and partnerships with community schools, agencies, and healthcare providers.Demonstrate specialized counseling, school psychology, and human development skills needed to work with a diverse metropolitan population in a variety of settings including, but not limited to, hospitals, mental health agencies, substance abuse programs, and the schools.Demonstrate competency in a variety of modalities including, but not limited to, individual, group, family, substance abuse, and gerontological therapies and prevention techniques.