Department of Counseling

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Chair: Nicole Stargell

Faculty: Whitney Akers¹,  William Friedrich, Jonathan Ricks2, Stephanie Robinson, Samantha Simon, Ashley Smith,  Gary W. Mauk,

¹Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program
2Director, Professional School Counseling Program

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 graduate certificate programs in Addictions Counseling, Advanced School Counseling for Postsecondary Success and Play Therapy.  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.

 Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.Ed.

 Professional School Counseling, M.A.Ed.

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