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Clinical Mental Health Counseling Programs: <\/strong><\/span>Mission and Objectives\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Mission of the School of Counseling for the M.A. in Counseling: Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in Pastoral Clinical Mental Health Counseling:\u00a0<\/strong>The mission of the CMHC programs is to prepare graduates to function as effective counselors in a wide variety of mental health settings. Performing successfully as a counselor requires graduates to integrate theoretical and research-based knowledge with therapeutic clinical skills to form an ethical, professional, and caring counselor. By providing students with the knowledge and skills recognized as important for counselors by CACREP with an emphasis on clinical mental health counseling, the program seeks to prepare graduates for success in clinical, consultative, supervisory, administrative, and scholarship roles they will encounter in the community as professional counselors.<\/p>\n

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Program Objectives:<\/strong>\u00a0Throughout the MA programs in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in Pastoral Clinical Mental Health Counseling (both on ground and digitally delivered programs), students are assessed over a variety of courses using key performance indicators (KPIs) and common assessments across the curriculum that correspond to the following CACREP core curriculum areas. (Note: The Marymount University course title may differ slightly from the CACREP Core Curricular Areas outlined by CACREP) due to SACSCOC (see chart below the program objectives).<\/p>\n

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These program objectives are the basis upon which the program and students are evaluated. Upon graduation, the successful CMHC student will be able to:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Pr<\/u><\/strong>ogram Objective #1<\/u>: Students will demonstrate knowledge of individual and family development across the lifespan, and synthesize the theories of personality, biological and environmental influences, and culturally and ethically appropriate strategies to support resilience, wellness, and differentiated interventions for diverse abilities.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n