Department of Counseling

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Chair: Nicole Stargell

Faculty: Whitney Akers¹, William Friedrich, Keith Huffman, Jonathan Ricks², Stephanie Robinson, Ashley Smith, Cara Thompson

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 in Advanced School Counseling, Advanced School Counseling for Postsecondary Success, Play Therapy and Add-On Licensure in Professional School Counseling. As an affiliated program within the Teacher Education Program, the Professional School Counseling program is accredited by Council fo the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and approved by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI). 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 .

Programs

• Addictions Counseling, Graduate Certificate
• Advanced School Counseling for Postsecondary Success, Graduate Certificate
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Post-Master’s Graduate Certificate
• Play Therapy, Graduate Certificate
• Professional School Counseling, Post-Master’s Graduate Certificate for Licensure

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