Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling – Residential
Lynchburg, USA
MA
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2026
TUITION FEES
USD 575 / per credit
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
The Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) is a 60-hour graduate-level residential program designed to meet the Virginia requirements for licensure as a Professional Counselor (LPC). The faculty provides quality professional training of clinical mental health counselors from a faith-based perspective.
Our mission is to produce ethically and spiritually aware mental health counselors who possess the knowledge, values, skills, and personal disposition to promote the mental health and holistic wellness of clients across diverse populations. Our mission is achieved in significant measure by offering rigorous academic programs, dynamic interaction with mentors and faculty, and carefully structured practicums and internships.
- 60-hour graduate program (practicum and internship required)
- Graduate assistantships available
- Program Accreditation: CACREP
Courses You Could Take
- Orientation to Counselor Professional Identity & Function
- Theories of Counseling
- Research and Program Evaluation
- Career Development and Counseling
- Psychopathology
- Clinical Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
First Year
First Semester
- Orientation to Counselor Professional Identity and Function
- Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling
- Human Growth and Development
- Multicultural Counseling
Second Semester
- Counseling Techniques and the Helping Relationship
- Integration of Spirituality and Counseling
- Theories of Counseling
- Research and Program Evaluation
Second Year
First Semester
- Group Counseling
- Assessment Techniques in Counseling
- Career Development and Counseling
- Psychopathology
Second Semester
- Theories of Family Systems
- Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- Substance Abuse: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
- Counseling Practicum
Third Year
First Semester
- Crisis Counseling
- Comprehensive Exam
- Comprehensive Exam - Integration
- Counseling Internship I
Second Semester
- Counseling Internship II
- Elective
- Mental health agency
- Public or private practice
- Faith-based counseling opportunities
- Hospital settings
- Residential treatment facilities
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