Mental Health Counseling Concentration Requirements
(48 credits or 60 credits)
Option A: 48 credits (Satisfies course and credit requirement to sit for the National Counselor’s Examination.)
Option B: 60 credits (Satisfies course and credit requirement to sit for the National Counselor’s Examination and to apply for licensure in Pennsylvania.)
1. Core Courses (39 to 45 credits)
- PY 500 Educational and Career Counseling, Mental Health Counseling
- PY 516 Human Development: Life Span
- PY 521 Research Design, Methods and Evaluation
- PY 570 Professional Issues in Counseling
- PY 572 Concepts of Mental Health and Mental Illness
- PY 574 Clinical Psychopharmacology
- PY 586 Theories and Techniques of Counseling
- PY 610 Group Counseling
- PY 620 Advanced Counseling Techniques
- PY 625 Psychological Testing
- PY 688 Cultural Bases of Counseling
- PY 630A/B Internship (Option A: 3 credits, 150 hours; Option B: 6 credits, 300 hours)
- PY 631A/B Internship (Option A: 3 credits, 150 hours; Option B: 6 credits, 300 hours)
2. Elective Courses (Option A: 9 credits; Option B: 15 credits) Chosen with the adviser to meet students’ interests—must include one course from the child/family therapy and one from the trauma concentration, and no more than one course outside of the department. May include 6 credits of PY 589 Independent Research.
3. PY 587 Practicum (non-credit): A non-credit Practicum experience consisting of at least 100 hours of documented, supervised counseling experience in an approved setting is required before the student is permitted to enroll in internship.
