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MA in Mental Health Counseling - NYS License Qualifying

Required Core Courses:

PSY
602

Proseminar in Personality and Social Psychology

PSY
603

Experimental Research Methods in Cognition

PSY
605

Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Psychology

PSY
607

Professional Issues and Ethics in Psychology

PSY
622

Advanced Life-Span Development

Total 15 Credits

Required Mental Health Counseling Courses:

PSY
613

Psychopathology
PSY
614

Counseling theory and Practice

PSY
615
 Basic Interviewing and Counseling Practices
PSY
620

Dynamics of Group Processes

PSY
637
 Intellectual and Educational Assessment
PSY
638
 Personality Assessment
Total 18 Credits

Required Placement (3-6 credits):
Ordinarily, the student must complete 30 credits before departmental permission is granted to choose one or two of the following:

PSY
640

Practicum in Community/Health Psychology

PSY
642

Internship in Mental Heath: Community/Clinical

PSY
643

Internship in Mental Heath: Community/Clinical

Total 3 to 6 Credits

Required Mental Health Counseling Elective Courses:
Choose six or seven courses (depending on internship credits completed) from the following:

PSY
611

Physiological Bases of Behavior
PSY
612

Advanced Experimental Research Methods in Sensation and Perception

PSY
616

The Psychology of Exceptional Individuals

PSY
617

Health Psychology

PSY
618

Understanding and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors
PSY
623

Stress: Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Components

PSY
626

Community Psychology and Traumatology
PSY
627

Behavioral Assessment and Intervention

PSY
629

Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice
PSY
631

Psychological Aspects of Sexual Health
PSY
632
 Sports Psychology
PSY
636

Intellectual AssessmentI
Total 18 to 21 Credits

Required Thesis or Literature Review Seminar:
Choose one course (3 credits):

PSY
681
 Thesis Supervision
Or
PSY
683
 Literature Review Paper Seminar
Total 3 Credits

Total credits required for the Mental Health Counseling = 60.

As a condition of licensure, all candidates for the M.A. in Mental Health Counseling must complete at least two clock hours of training in the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.

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