Our Clinical Mental Health Counseling master's program will help you apply theory and research to counsel individuals through serious issues.
NOTE: Our clinical mental health counseling program is currently in the process of seeking CACREP accreditation. Our Self-study has been submitted.
Students will develop as counselors, scholars and ethical professionals throughout the program. You will acquire:
- Knowledge of relevant areas of clinical mental health counseling, including personality, life span development, multicultural issues, counseling theories, evaluation, and assessment
- Skills in interviewing, assessment and counseling techniques
- Awareness of client’s individuality, multicultural sensitivity, and importance of flexibility in working with clients
- Appropriate ethical behavior and clinical mental health counselor professional identity
Choose a concentration to focus your curriculum on your specific career goals:
Graduate Admission
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Contact us
(815) 836-5610(800) 897-9000
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This clinical mental health counseling degree will prepare you to work with adult clients in a wide variety of professional counseling settings.
This clinical mental health counseling curriculum will prepare you to work with children, adolescents and families in a diverse range of professional counseling settings.
The Child and Adolescent distinction is embedded within the Child and Adolescent concentration in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program. Students will receive a notation on their transcript upon graduation denoting a concentration in child and adolescent counseling.
Addiction Studies
Students enrolled in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program can add an Addiction Studies component to their degree by taking the following additional courses:
- Introduction to Addictions
- Special Populations in Addictions
- Internship in Addictions (Replaces 26-590 Internship in Counseling)
Real-World Faculty. Flexible Formats.
Our faculty are real-world practitioners who bring their counseling experiences from a wide range of medical settings to the classroom, teaching from their successes as well as their mistakes. With 700 practicum and internship hours, you will receive the hands-on experience necessary to prepare you for this challenging career.Based on State of Illinois guidelines, you can take up to 50 % of your coursework online. Face-to-face classes meet one night weekly at our main Romeoville campus.
PREPARED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
You will be prepared to help people as a counselor in clinical mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, crisis, grief, marriage and family, or military veterans’ settings. Graduates are working in a variety of clinical mental health settings, hospitals and private practice.School Guidance Counselor Option: Type 73 Certification
By adding additional coursework to your Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree, you can work toward your Type 73 Certification without completing a full second master's degree.VIEW THE PROGRAM CURRICULUM
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