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Counseling and Mental Health Services (PA State Counseling Certification/Licensure)
Program Degrees
M.S.Ed. (10 course units, equivalent to 30 credits)
This full-time, one-calendar-year master's program prepares graduates to work as mental health counselors, therapists, researchers, or school counselors. Graduates provide counseling and psychological services for children, adolescents, college students, families, or adults. The program's innovative format combines coursework with practical field experience. Students take core courses in counseling and psychological services. Further study is based on students' specialization.
M.S.Ed. + Certification (16 course units, equivalent to 48 credits)
This program involves an additional six courses (two semesters) after the Counseling and Mental Health Services M.S.Ed. program year (Track 1), in which students work in a full-time internship supervised by a certified school counselor, complete the additional academic courses, take the State of Pennsylvania Praxis examinations, and become certified as elementary or secondary school counselors for the State of Pennsylvania.
M.Phil.Ed. (21 course units, equivalent to 63 credits). The Professional Counseling (PC) program emphasizes supervised clinical skills-building, while addressing the emotional and behavioral health challenges facing individuals and group clientele in school, neighborhood, and community settings. This program involves an additional year of advanced study in the mastery of professional counseling, clinical assessment, and psychological consultation immediately following completion of the one-year Counseling and Mental Health Services M.S.Ed. program (Track 1).
Program Faculty Nichelle Davis Ahmaddiy, M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania
Suzanne Fegley, Ph.D., Temple University
Douglas A. Frye , Ph.D., Yale UniversityHelen Garinger , Ph.D., University of ConnecticutHelen Hamlet, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Linda Lucker Leibowitz, M.S., Villanova University
Michael Nakkula , Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of EducationRobin S. Ortiz , Ph.D., Tufts UniversityDianne S. Salter, Ph.D., Adelphi University, J.D., Rutgers School of Law
Amy Sichel, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Howard C. Stevenson , Ph.D., Fuller Graduate School of PsychologyDuane E. Thomas , Ph.D., Pennsylvania State UniversityDaniel A. Wagner , Ph.D., University of MichiganCaroline Watts , Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education
Program Contact:
Michele King-Griffin, MLAgriffinm@gse.upenn.edu
