Learning Outcomes
Learning Objectives
Upon graduation, the successful student in the Mental Health Counseling program will be able to:
- Demonstrate professional skills and personal qualities required for working as an effective clinician in a multidisciplinary healthcare setting providing mental health services.
- Demonstrate a variety of differential diagnostic assessment practices consistent with DSM-IV-TR nomenclature.
- Understand client issues from a bio-psycho-social perspective.
- Demonstrate the ability to use a diverse range of research-based intervention strategies, including strength-based approaches.
- Develop appropriate intervention plans based upon knowledge of culturally relevant variables in client care, including ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic levels, gender, sexual orientation, and disability.
- Demonstrate professional behavior consistent with ethical guidelines articulated by the American Counseling Association, the American Mental Health Counseling Association, and the National Board for Certified Counselors.
- Articulate the value of counseling from both a personal and professional perspective.