Online Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Earn Your Clinical Mental Health Counseling Degree at GMercyU

GMercyU的临床心理健康咨询(CMHC)专注于准备可以在各种环境中工作的入门级咨询师, including community programs, social service agencies, and private practices.

Based on a scholar practitioner model, our 2.5 year CMHC program provides the academic foundation, as well as the clinical training and experience, 让我们的毕业生在毕业时在他们选择的环境中找到工作. 

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Program Details

我们的心理咨询硕士学位-临床心理健康咨询专业包括60个学分的课程. 核心课程占了其中的33个学分,另外27个学分属于专业课程.

CNS 502 Counseling Agencies 3 credits
CNS 503 DSM / Psychopathology 3 credits
CNS 506 Marriage and Family Counseling 3 credits
CNS 533 Substance Use / Abuse 3 credits
CNS 535 Group Counseling and Facilitiation Skills 3 credits
CNS 600 Internship I (CMH) 3 credits
CNS 601 Internship II (CMH) 3 credits
CNS 602 Internship III (CMH) or Elective 3 credits
CNS  Elective 3 credits

 See the core curriculum on our Master's of Counseling page. See all course descriptions in the graduate catalog.

You will complete a total of 100 hours of practicum experience, plus 600 total hours of supervised internship. 这将为您准备资格执照作为一个专业顾问(LPC)在宾夕法尼亚州. 该课程的毕业生必须通过国家辅导员考试,并完成所需的学位后监督要求,才能获得宾夕法尼亚州的LPC证书.

已注册或未来学生的教学大纲可供审查. Please contact our program director or our CACREP Liaison for any specific syllabus.

*Licensure: 该计划旨在满足宾夕法尼亚州联邦的执照要求. If you reside in a different state, 在参加这个项目之前,你应该仔细检查你所在州的执照要求. 欲了解更多信息,请访问我们的项目许可要求页面.

Our program's preparation is an essential step toward licensure, 这是一项重要的专业成就,标志着你作为初级咨询师的时间结束了. Post-graduate, 预许可咨询师在许可咨询师的监督下工作,以满足其国家对监督经验的要求.

In Pennsylvania, this requirement entails 3,必须在不少于2年和不超过6年的时间内完成000小时的临床督导经验. 正因为如此,获得执照的过程可能需要几年的时间才能完成.

Important: Licensure laws and policies vary by state. Please look up the specific requirements for licensure in your state of residence, as well as states in which you may want to independently practice. 

Is this information new and a little overwhelming? You can count on us to help you sort through it all.

我们项目的优势之一是帮助我们的学生了解咨询作为一种职业,以便他们准备好自信地驾驭他们的研究生经历.

From special workshops to mentoring meetings, 我们的学生在GMercyU期间可以得到持续的实际支持.

我们项目的另一个重要特点是,你将由专业人士教授,他们不仅在咨询方面获得了高级学位,而且有丰富的临床经验. This is important because counseling, unlike other professions, doesn’t just involve academic learning.

In fact, 我们相信,一些最重要的学习你将在你的时间与我们做的是摆脱电子游戏mg官方网站你自己.  

Our students graduate knowing answers to questions like: 

  • What are my strengths and challenges as a learner?  As a counselor?
  • What is my counseling style?
  • What clients do I most enjoy working with?  Why?
  • What counseling setting is best suited to me?

我们的一个重要目标是帮助你清楚地认识到自己是一个怎样的人,又是一个怎样的专业人士.

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我们将根据你的学术能力考虑录取你进入我们的在线临床心理健康硕士学位, expression of interests and goals, life experience, and personal interview.
 
To apply, you must:

  1. 持有认可的高等教育机构的学士学位;
  2. 完成以下本科先决条件:
    1. 普通心理学、发展心理学、理论或其他基础课程3学分
    2. 3 credits in Research Methods or Statistics;
  3. 提交所有就读院校的正式成绩单;
  4. 证明成绩的最低平均绩点(GPA)为3.0 on a 4.0 scale (see below if your GPA was lower than 3.0 and you do not currently hold a graduate degree);
  5. Complete of the Gwynedd Mercy University Graduate Application;  
  6. Submit two letters of recommendation from:
    1. 一位能证明你的学术能力的学者(优先考虑)
    2. 可以证明你的专业资格的专业人士或主管, abilities, and temperament for the field.  
  7. 完成一份个人陈述(最多3-5页),说明以下内容:
    1. 你是谁以及你选择临床心理健康咨询这一职业的原因;
    2. 为什么选择GMercyU的在线临床心理健康咨询项目?
    3. What being a clinical mental health counselor means to you, 你的个人特点使你非常适合这样的职业;
    4. 你对在线课程学习的期望以及你满足这些期望的能力;
    5. How you plan to complete the field placement demands of the program.
  8. Attend a group interview with program faculty.

NOTE: If your GPA was lower than 3.0,你必须提供研究生入学考试(GRE)的可接受分数证明。.  我们要求总分达到292分或更高,你还必须完成分析性写作测试.

目前持有研究生学位的申请人或GPA达到3分的申请人可以免除GRE要求.0 or higher.

您可以将在认可机构完成的同类课程的研究生工作最多六(6)个学分转入GMercyU计划, provided you earned at least a B in each course. Transfer credit decisions are made on an individual basis.

Clinical Mental Health Certificate Program 

研究生临床心理健康证书课程是为格温内斯Mercy大学的毕业生设计的 Master in School Counseling program. 该证书课程要求完成12个学分的研究生咨询课程(包括在临床心理健康环境中200小时的实习),并为这些学生提供一个完成NCE考试所需学分的过程,并最终获得专业咨询师执照.