博士 咨询课程基于研究人员从业人员模型，主要旨在培训研究人员，学者，院士和高技能的从业人员。咨询与家庭治疗学系的教职员工相信，寻求博士学位的个人。应该对培训进行良好的培训，以进行在学术，研究和服务提供环境中有价值的活动。博士 加深学生的理解力，并建立完善的研究，教学，监督，咨询以及领导和倡导技能。密苏里大学 路易斯（UMSL）博士 该计划获得了咨询和相关教育计划认证理事会（CACREP）的认可委员会的高级认证，这是密苏里州唯一获得CACREP认证的医生咨询计划。该系的教职员工希望提供一个全国认可的有价值的
The Ph.D. program in counseling is based on a researcher practitioner model, it is primarily designed to train researchers, scholars, academicians, and highly skilled practitioners. The faculty members of the Department of Counseling and Family Therapy believe that individuals seeking Ph.D. training should be trained well to perform activities valued in academic, research, and service-providing settings. The Ph.D. deepens a student's understanding and builds refined research, teaching, supervision, counseling, and leadership and advocacy skills. The University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) Ph.D. program holds advanced accreditation by the Council on Accreditation of Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), it is the only doctoral counseling program in Missouri that holds CACREP accreditation. The faculty members of the Department aspire to provide a nationally recognized and valuable doctoral degree program. Many graduates of the program are practicing counselors or counselor educators. Graduates of the doctoral program have been placed in academic positions at major universities throughout the USA. A major emphasis in all of our graduate training is our commitment to cultural diversity and social justice.