波士顿马萨诸塞大学的心理健康咨询（MHC）计划致力于培养心理健康咨询领域的高素质专业人员。我们的承诺体现在录取政策和聘用做法上，以吸引代表多元文化观点和个人多样性的高素质学生和模范教师。MHC计划在一所城市公立大学中进行，旨在培训最有可能与代表城市和多样化人口的个人合作并为其提供咨询和相关活动的专业人员。心理健康顾问在各种环境中工作，并可能获得在其他州执业的许可证。MHC计划课程的组织是为了促进其学生以及与他们一起工作的个人的发展。具体而言，该课程强调尊重所有人的社会基础和文化多样性。它通过培养每个学生的
The Mental Health Counseling (MHC) program at the University of Massachusetts Boston is committed to the preparation of highly qualified professionals in the field of mental health counseling. Our commitment is reflected in the admission policies as well as hiring practices, to attract highly qualified students and exemplary faculty members who represent multicultural perspectives and individual diversity. The MHC program, within a public urban university, is dedicated to the training of professionals who most likely will work with, and provide counseling and related activities to individuals representing an urban and diverse population. Mental health counselors work in a variety of settings and may obtain a license to practice in other states. The MHC program curriculum is organized to facilitate the development of its students and the individuals with whom the students work. Specifically, the curriculum emphasizes respect for the social foundations and cultural diversity of all persons. It achieves this goal by fostering each student's self awareness, compassion, and ability to think critically, and through its hiring policies of faculty and recognition of multicultural students. The program offers opportunities for its students to recognize, develop, and utilize their own resources in preparation for their future work with clients. Essential to the implementation of the MHC program curriculum is the integration of theory presented in classrooms and its application in practicum and internship experiences. In order to integrate the curriculum content with other training experiences, the program provides information about the socio-political contexts of people's lives as well as about information related to personality, development, psychiatric taxonomy, professional orientation and ethics, methods of inquiry and the process of change. In addition, our program provides opportunities for its students to develop professional skills and competencies and to practice them in professional settings. The program prepares students to make significant practitioner-oriented contributions to counseling and prepares them for further study at the doctoral level if they desire to do so. All of our faculty are actively involved in research and contribute significantly to the profession at both national and international levels. There are opportunities to do research with our internationally known faculty if a student so desires.