MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Saint Charles, USA
MA
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 584 / per credit
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning, On-Campus
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The MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program (CMHC) offered at the Lindenwood St. Louis (St. Charles) campus provides students with a broad base of psychological knowledge and theory integrated with extensive training and practice in the use of counseling skills.
The CMHC program offers students an opportunity to complete coursework prerequisite to professional counseling (LPC) licensure in Missouri. The CMHC program offers students an opportunity to complete coursework prerequisite to professional counseling (LPC) licensure in Missouri. Graduates of the program who complete post-graduate Missouri licensure requirements, including supervised post-graduate counseling service and the required licensure exams, are qualified to work in a variety of mental health settings with individuals, groups, and families.
The CMHC program is intensive and comprehensive, requiring a minimum of 60 credit hours of coursework and applied experience.
Graduates of the CMHC program are qualified to work in a variety of mental health settings with individuals, groups, and families.
Major Coursework
- Foundations of Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Ethics and Professional Issues
- Human Growth and Development
- Personality Theories and Psychopathology
- Adult Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- Family Counseling
- Research Methods and Program Evaluation
- Counseling Theory and Practice
- Counseling Skills Laboratory
- Group Dynamics, Process, and Counseling
- Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling
- Crisis Intervention
- Introduction to Substance Abuse Counseling
- Appraisal of the Individual
- Lifestyle and Career Development
- Grief Counseling
- Trauma Counseling
Internship Coursework
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling Practicum
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling Internship I
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling Internship II
































