辅导教育和咨询心理学系的康复咨询（CERM）选项是一项53个学时的计划，旨在为通才康复辅导员做好准备，以便他们在为残疾人服务的职业康复场所就业。西密歇根大学的康复咨询计划包括小型研究设计和分析课程，残疾人服务，康复中的计算机技术，工作发展和安置，残疾的社会心理方面，残疾的医疗和功能方面以及基础康复咨询。该计划包括在职业康复就业环境中进行的600小时有监督的康复咨询实习。完成康复咨询计划的平均时间为两年。此选项导致获得密歇根州的专业顾问资格，并获得国家康复顾问资格证书（CRCC）。
The Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology's rehabilitation counseling (CERM) option is a 53-credit-hour program designed to prepare generalist rehabilitation counselors for employment in vocation rehabilitation settings serving persons with disabilities. Western Michigan University's rehabilitation counseling program incorporates course work in small 'n' research design and analysis, services for persons with disabilities, computer technology in rehabilitation, job development and placement, psychosocial aspects of disability, medical and functional aspects of disability, and foundations of rehabilitation counseling. The program includes a 600-hour supervised rehabilitation counseling internship in a vocational rehabilitation employment setting. The average amount of time to complete the rehabilitation counseling program is two years. This option leads to eligibility for licensure as a professional counselor in the State of Michigan and eligibility for national rehabilitation counselor certification (CRCC).