Mental Health Counseling
Master of Science
Total credits: 75
The program covers the theories and practical skills you need to evaluate and treat mental health disorders, so people can live happier, healthier lives. The curriculum provides students with a comprehensive foundation that covers theories and treatment of mental illness.
Program Description:
Palm Beach University’s Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling program covers the theories and practical skills you need to evaluate and treat mental health disorders, so people can live happier. healthier lives. The curriculum provides students with a comprehensive foundation that covers theories and treatment of mental illness. This program is a hybrid program; all theory courses are taught online and practicum hours are completed in person at a clinical site.
Program Outcomes:
Upon Completion, participants will be able to:
✇ Provide therapy in an individual private practice or group practice
✇ Work at an agency providing services to individuals with presenting mental health issues
✇ Specialize in an area of mental health such as substance use disorder or geriatrics and provide treatment to that populationfamilies
Objectives:
To prepare students with the content knowledge required for certification, licensure and to achieve success in their professional endeavors.
2. Describe the influence of gender, race, age, ethnicity, culture, SES, religion, sexual orientation, and disabilities in counseling research and practice.
3. Describe a range of core issues in the development of the lifespan, including basic theoretical and methodological concepts, such as lifespan theories of development including physical, intellectual, moral and social development.
4. Examine career development and build competencies for assisting individuals with career planning and decision-making, including the use of assessment instruments and interventions.
5. Articulate counseling interventions and acquire basic counseling skills, including building rapport, treating of individuals with trauma, developmental issues, and other mental health challenges.
6. Examine and apply group therapy models and associated techniques.
7. Demonstrate the capacity to assess, evaluate, and diagnose, as well as provide appropriate assessment feedback to an individual via administering, scoring, interpreting, and implementing selected educational and psychological assessment methods.
8. Describe the theoretical and practical interpretations of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and program analysis in counseling research and programs.
9. To provide didactic and experiential opportunities for students to assess, conceptualize, diagnose and treat individuals, groups and families from a strengths-based perspective unique to the counseling profession.
10. To train students who become professional counselors to practice within ethical, legal, multicultural, social justice and advocacy competency guidelines of the profession
11. To promote student understanding and awareness of self and others within the therapeutic relationship.
2. Describe the influence of gender, race, age, ethnicity, culture, SES, religion, sexual orientation, and disabilities in counseling research and practice.
3. Describe a range of core issues in the development of the lifespan, including basic theoretical and methodological concepts, such as lifespan theories of development including physical, intellectual, moral and social development.
4. Examine career development and build competencies for assisting individuals with career planning and decision-making, including the use of assessment instruments and interventions.
5. Articulate counseling interventions and acquire basic counseling skills, including building rapport, treating of individuals with trauma, developmental issues, and other mental health challenges.
6. Examine and apply group therapy models and associated techniques.
7. Demonstrate the capacity to assess, evaluate, and diagnose, as well as provide appropriate assessment feedback to an individual via administering, scoring, interpreting, and implementing selected educational and psychological assessment methods.
8. Describe the theoretical and practical interpretations of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and program analysis in counseling research and programs.
9. To provide didactic and experiential opportunities for students to assess, conceptualize, diagnose and treat individuals, groups and families from a strengths-based perspective unique to the counseling profession.
10. To train students who become professional counselors to practice within ethical, legal, multicultural, social justice and advocacy competency guidelines of the profession
11. To promote student understanding and awareness of self and others within the therapeutic relationship.
Courses:
| Code | Title | Credits |
| MMHC 500 | Counseling Theories and Practice | 3 |
| MMHC 501 | Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues for Counselors | 3 |
| MMHC 502 | Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Psychopathology | 3 |
| MMHC 503 | Human Development and Functioning | 3 |
| MMHC 504 | Counseling Techniques | 3 |
| MMHC 505 | Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling | 3 |
| MMHC 506 | Research and Evaluation for Counselors | 3 |
| MMHC 507 | Substance Abuse Disorder Counseling | 3 |
| MMHC 508 | Diagnosis and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | 3 |
| MMHC 509 | Human Sexuality & Sex Therapy | 3 |
| MMHC 600 | Group Counseling: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| MMHC 600 | Group Counseling: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| MMHC 601 | Couples, Marital, and Family Dynamics & Counseling | 3 |
| MMHC 602 | Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Psychopathology | 3 |
| MMHC 603 | Psychological Testing for Individual Evaluation | 3 |
| MMHC 604 | Advanced Treatment Strategies & Case Conceptualization | 3 |
| MMHC 605 | Community Mental Health | 3 |
| MMHC 606 | Career and Lifestyle Development | 3 |
| MMHC 607 | Counseling Practicum | 3 |
| MMHC 608 | Counseling Internship | 3 |
| MMHC 609 | Continuing Counseling Internship | 3 |
Total: 60
Tuition & Fee
Tuition/Fees for M.S. in Mental Health Counseling | Dollar Amount |
Tuition | $30,000.00 |
Application Fee - non-refundable | $100.00 |
Course Re-take Fee | $50.00 |
Duplicate Diploma | $75.00 |
Supervision Fee | $100.00 |