胜任的咨询实践应以理论为指导。学校咨询选项强调对客户的发展和社会背景的透彻了解。深入介绍了基于理论的个人，家庭和团体咨询方法。在辅导实习期间，学生在使用有关客户的知识和辅导理论方面受到密切监督。学生为学龄儿童以及成人和老人提供咨询。有监督的做法继续进行，并在实习期间扩大。实习结束后，学生将达到CACREP标准的学校咨询培训经验。
Competent counseling practice is informed and guided by theory. The school counseling degree emphasizes thorough knowledge of counselees' developmental and social contexts. Theory-based approaches to individual, family, and group counseling are covered in-depth. During counseling practicum, students are closely supervised in their use of knowledge about counselees and counseling theories. Students counsel school-aged children as well as adults and elders. Supervised practice continues and is expanded during internship. Upon completion of their internship, students will have met CACREP standards for training experience in school counseling.<br><br>Because school counseling requires high levels of professional maturity and interpersonal skills, the curriculum offers a number of experiential learning courses which are designed to foster students' personal development, relationship skills, and professional orientation. The courses include self-exploration and skill acquisition regarding personal values, professional issues, personal and professional relationships, and group dynamics. The courses offer opportunities for development of cohesive relations between students through self-disclosure, empathic listening, feedback, and role-plays.