Programs

Master’s Degree Programs in Counseling

At the master’s level, we offer CACREP-accredited programs in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and in School Counseling.

The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is designed to prepare licensed professional counselors who will work with children, adolescents and/or adults in community agency settings. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program meets the academic and internship requirements for licensure as a professional counselor (LPC) in the State of Mississippi. At the end of their coursework, students are eligible to sit for National Counselor Exam (NCE) to become a Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor (P-LPC). This provisional license is the first step to full licensure offered by the Mississippi State Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional Counselors.

The School Counseling program is designed to prepare professional licensed school counselors who will work in K-12 educational settings. The School Counseling program meets the academic and internship requirements for licensure as a school counselor in the State of Mississippi. Upon graduation students are eligible to sit for the national PRAXIS examination in school counseling and to apply to the State for licensure as a school counselor.

For more information:

• Professional Counseling M.Ed. Program Page
• Professional Counseling M.Ed. Student Handbook

Ed.S. Program in Counselor Education – Play Therapy

At the specialist level, we offer a fully-online Ed.S. degree program in play therapy.  This program is designed to prepare already licensed counselors to effectively practice play therapy and to earn the Registered Play Therapist (RPT) credential from the Association for Play Therapy.

For more information:

• Play Therapy Ed.S. Program Page

Doctoral Program in Counselor Education and Supervision

At the doctoral level, we offer a CACREP-accredited program in Counselor Education and Supervision.  Whereas the principle mission of a master’s program in counseling is to prepare counselors of excellence, the fundamental mission of the Ph.D. program in Counselor Education and Supervision is to develop counselor educators (professors) who are prepared to be skillful teachers, expert supervisors, competent quantitative and qualitative researchers, and outstanding professional leaders.

For more information:

• Counselor Education Ph.D. Program Page
• Counselor Education and Supervision – Ph.D. Program Handbook

Dr. Alex Kerwin
Associate Professor & Program Coordinator