咨询从人类的需要开始和结束。通过获得范德比尔特大学的临床心理健康咨询或学校咨询的人类发展咨询学位，获得在不同背景下与不同人群合作的经验。HDC硕士学位可以训练您将良好的理论知识和研究成果转化为有效的心理咨询或临床心理咨询计划。在严格而综合的学习计划中，您将获得有关人类发展，咨询范式和变革策略的强大理论基础。
Gain experience working with diverse populations in diverse contexts. Learn to translate sound theoretical knowledge and research into effective counseling programs as a clinical mental health or school counselor.<br><br>You will acquire a strong theoretical grounding in human development, counseling paradigms, and change strategies. Courses are designed to foster close working relationships among you, our faculty, and community partners. This personalized approach results in more productive classroom time and a more valuable field experience. Train in Clinical Mental Health Counseling or School Counseling or combine the two tracks.<br><br>The objectives listed below represent the major program objectives for all students in HDC. More specific objectives can be found in the syllabi for each course.<br><br>To provide students with a thorough and comprehensive knowledge base in those areas of the social/behavioral sciences applicable to the helping profession. This includes a special emphasis on life-span human development.<br>To aid students in the acquisition of counseling and helping skills such as individual counseling,supervision, testing, consulting, group work, interviewing, diagnosis, and assessment.<br>To provide students with a knowledge of the organization and administration of human service agencies or schools as well as clarity regarding the personal/social, career, and academic role of the professional counselor in each of these settings.<br>To educate students in research/assessment tools relevant to the delivery of helping services in a community agency, school, or corporate settings.<br>To introduce students to the wide scope of diverse populations they will encounter in their work settings, examine their own biases, and provide students opportunities to work with diverse populations, building cultural competency in order to be able to work ethically with all people they may encounter in their work settings.