在心理健康咨询领域拥有60个学分的MS为学生提供了核心知识，可以在各种临床环境中成为有效的帮助者。该课程涵盖专业问题和道德规范，咨询理论，人的发展，咨询技巧，团队合作，评估和职业发展。在这些核心内容领域的基础上，心理健康咨询计划特别侧重于在各种临床环境中工作所需的知识和技能的开发，例如：心理健康咨询的基础，研究，循证实践，计划评估，心理病理学和心理药理学。我们的课程设计符合2009年CACREP，咨询和相关教育计划认证理事会的标准。该计划满足纽约州心理健康顾问许可证的教育要求。完成教育要求后，需要3,00
Mental Health Counseling is a distinct profession with national standards for education, training and clinical practice. Mental health counselors work with individuals, families, and groups to address and treat mental and emotional disorders and to promote positive overall mental health. They are trained in a variety of therapeutic techniques used to address issues such as depression, anxiety, addiction and substance abuse, suicidal impulses, stress, trauma, low self-esteem, and grief. They also help with job and career concerns, educational decisions, mental and emotional health issues, and relationship problems. In addition, mental health counselors are involved in community outreach, advocacy, and mediation activities. The field of counseling includes knowledge and awareness of social justice, trauma, racial trauma, and inclusivity.<br><br>Mental health counselors work in community health and social service organizations, day treatment programs, outpatient mental health clinics, hospitals, or private and group practices. Mental health counselors are highly skilled professionals who provide a full range of services including assessment and diagnosis, psychotherapy, treatment planning and utilization review, brief and solution-focused therapy, alcoholism and substance abuse treatment, psycho-educational and prevention programs, and crisis management.<br><br>The 60-credit M.S. in Mental Health Counseling program lays the groundwork for aspiring counselors to begin work in a highly competitive and rewarding field helping clients. This graduate program provides students with core knowledge to be effective helpers in a variety of clinical settings. This graduate program is registered with New York State Education Department (NYSED) and satisfies the educational requirements for the New York State Mental Health Counselors License. Upon completion of educational requirements, 3,000 hours of supervised experience in the practice of mental health counseling and a passing grade on the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination are required for licensure.