Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Program Overviews
The Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Concordia University Chicago prepares graduates with the professional knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to address the wide variety of complex issues and empower diverse populations to promote optimal wellness and growth. Graduate students receive a high quality education emphasizing Christian beliefs through integrity, competency, and leadership skills. The program also recognizes, values, and instills the development of techniques, conduct, and self-reflection imperative to effectiveness as professionals within a diverse community and world. The program requires 60 semester hours.
The Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program prepares candidates as qualified entry level counselors able to practice in a variety of contexts. These settings may include community agencies, residential settings, social service agencies, hospitals, religious organizations, and private practice. Candidates from the program exhibit high standards of professionalism while integrating theory, technique, and ethics into every aspect of their careers. The program requirements reflect current educational components of the Licensed Professional Counselor examination in the State of Illinois. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree also holds special and unique accreditation by the Council of Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).
Program Highlights & Benefits
- 60 credit hours; 3 year completion time
- Blended, Online, hybrid, and on-campus (River Forest or Grayslake)
- Articulate and assume the professional and ethical role of a counselor.
- Discuss and demonstrate techniques of cross-cultural counseling and advocate on behalf of multicultural populations.
- Describe the role that human growth and development plays in counseling interventions and modify these interventions as appropriate.
- Explain theories of career development and implement career interventions.
- Define and utilize counseling skills and advanced counseling interventions.
- Articulate theories of group counseling and utilize leadership skills in facilitating various types of groups.
- Identify and utilize various types of counseling assessments.
- Describe and conduct methods of research and program evaluation.
- Job placement rate of 95%
**Program begins in Spring and Fall Only**
Areas of Study
| Course Number | Title | Hours |
| CMHC-6000 | Introduction to the Counseling Profession | 3 |
| CMHC-6010 | Counseling Theory and Practice | 3 |
| CMHC-6015 | Counseling Intervention and Techniques | 3 |
| CMHC-6020 | Career Counseling and Education | 3 |
| CMHC-6035 | Counseling and Human Development | 3 |
| CMHC-6045 | Ethics, Law, and Morality for Counselors | 3 |
| CMHC-6055 | Multicultural Counseling | 3 |
| CMHC-6310 | Clinical Mental Health Counseling Profession | 3 |
| CMHC-6330 | Transforming Crisis into Wellness and Prevention | 3 |
| CMHC-6340 | Clinical Group Counseling | 3 |
| CMHC-6420 | Substance/Alcohol Use and Treatment | 3 |
| CMHC-6550 | Family Systems Theory and Therapy | 3 |
| CMHC-6610 | Advanced Clinical Mental Health Counseling | 3 |
| CMHC-6025 | Assessment Techniques | 3 |
| CMHC-6030 | Research in Counseling | 3 |
| CMHC-6040 | Applied Diagnosis for Counselors | 3 |
| Electives Select one 6000-level course from CMHC or another graduate speciality in consultation with your Graduate Program Specialist (GPS) | 3 | |
| Clinical Experience | ||
| CMHC-6930 | Practicum: Clinical Mental Health Counseling | 3 |
| CMHC-6935 | Internship I: Clinical Mental Health Counseling | 3 |
| CMHC-6940 | Internship II: Clinical Mental Health Counseling | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 60 |
- Practicum=100 hours Total (40 hours direct service & 60 hours non-direct) in one 16-week semester.
- Internship=600 hours Total (240 direct service hours 360 hours non-direct) in two 16-week semesters.
Capstone Experience
Capstone is a comprehensive multiple-choice exam taken during the practicum semester. This capstone experience helps students prepare for the National Counselor Exam for state licensure as a beginning counselor.
NOTE: This is only an introduction of the program. You are responsible to review the Graduate Catalog for program details.
A $200 counseling software fee will be assessed.
Request Info
What Teachers Are Saying
