Department of Counseling

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Chair: Jeffrey Warren

Faculty: Whitney Akers, Ki Chae¹, Shenika Jones², Gary Mauk, Angela McDonald³, Jonathan Ricks, Stephanie Robinson, Nicole Stargell, Dana Unger

¹Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program
²Director, Professional School Counseling Program
³Interim Dean/Associate Dean, College of Health Sciences

The Department of Counseling offers two distinct graduate degree programs in counseling: Professional School Counseling (M.A.Ed.) and Clinical Mental Health Counseling (M.A.Ed.). The department also offers a most-mastr’s certificate in Advanced School Counseling.  As an affiliated program within the Teacher Education Program, the Professional School Counseling program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education. The Professional School Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs are also accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).

For complete information about these programs and courses leading to the Master of Arts in Education (M.A.Ed.) in either Professional School Counseling or Clinical Mental Health Counseling, see The Graduate School .

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