获得咨询学位!

mgm集团美高梅:美高梅国际官网’s 咨询 program offers four exciting concentrations in our master’s programs, 为您量身定制:临床心理健康咨询, 临床康复咨询, 康复咨询, 还有学校咨询.

程序概览

准备好探索一些选项? The Department of 咨询 in the 教育学院 offers a master of arts program in 咨询, which lets you specialize in one or more of four concentrations in addition to the core curriculum.

浓度列表如下:

临床心理健康:60学时

临床康复咨询:60学时

康复咨询:48学时

学校辅导:60学时

Rehabilitation 咨询 with vocational evaluation specialization: 54 credit hours

The 咨询 Program is accredited by  the Council for the Accreditation of 咨询 and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).

咨询和相关教育项目认证委员会, 通常称为CACREP, is an independent accrediting agency that assures graduate 咨询 programs throughout the United States and the world meet standards within the 咨询 profession.

CACREP accreditation indicates that a program’s content and quality have been evaluated and meet strict, 一致的行业标准. Choosing a CACREP-accredited program also means the curriculum contains the academic knowledge necessary for professional licensure in many states.

心理咨询系的愿景、使命和项目目标

愿景
To be a premier counselor education program that prepares counselors as agents of social change who transform the lives of individuals and communities they serve.

任务
The mission of the Highlands’ counselor education program is to train entry-level counselors who are prepared for positions in community service agencies as mental health counselors, 在学校系统中担任学校辅导员, 在康复机构担任康复顾问. We are committed to continuous improvement of quality and excellence that fosters critical reflection, 理论与实践相结合, 并通过对文化作出反应和包容的方式促进宣传.

项目目标
The Highlands’ counselor education program is designed to prepare students to be effective, 积极进取的专业人士, 组织, 并实施优秀而全面的咨询服务和方案.  该项目培养的学生:

1. Demonstrate the ethical practice of 咨询 aligned with a professional 咨询 orientation in accordance with the standards and credentials of the 咨询 profession;
2. Understand multicultural and pluralistic characteristics within and among diverse groups nationally and internationally while developing strategies for identifying and eliminating barriers, 偏见, 有意无意的压迫和歧视;
3. Demonstrate knowledge of factors associated with human growth and development across the lifespan;
4. Understand 职业生涯 development theories and strategies for 个人 growth and vocational opportunities in a global economy;
5. 运用个别辅导的理论基础, 以及必要的面试技巧, 咨询, and case conceptualization to promote client understanding of and access to a variety of community-based resources;
6. Utilize theoretical foundations of group 咨询 and group work to plan ethical and culturally relevant strategies for designing and facilitating groups;
7. 运用与学术相关的有效评估方法, 教育, 职业生涯, 个人, 社会发展;
8. 了解研究在促进咨询行业发展中的重要性, including how to critique research to inform 咨询 practice; and,
9. Exhibit a capacity for self-reflection and an openness to feedback to evaluate and improve 个人 and organizational practices.

年度报告 & 成果评估报告

mgm集团美高梅:美高梅国际官网’s 咨询 program is evaluated annually through several assessments with the aim of improving and maintaining the program. These evaluations reflect students’ ability to utilize comprehensive 咨询 knowledge, 实践中的技巧和理论.
咨询项目年度报告
成果评估报告

在线和面对面的课程

通过多种学习方式的结合来实现你的目标. 您将通过Zoom进行在线实时和在线异步会话, 以及现场授课. 这种多样化的可能性提供了更多的潜力, current and returning students and ensures a diversity among students that cannot be matched by on-ground classes alone. In fact, we have students attending from all over the state of New Mexico and beyond.

临床实践

The practicum is designed to provide you with 100 hours of valuable in-field experience. 其中40个小时是直接为客户服务, 让你在现实生活中亲身体验.

在实习期间, you’ll have 600 hours of in-field experience within your chosen concentrations, 240小时与客户直接服务. Both the practicum and internships build 咨询 skills and allow practice within a theoretical framework, 所有这些都是由该领域的专业人士监督的.

这些都是很好的机会. Many of our students are hired at the facilities w在这里 they did their practicum and/or internships after graduation.

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咨询项目关心你的健康. If you are experiencing distress and would like 咨询 services, please contact 胡在乎.