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Executive Master’s in School and Mental Health Counseling (Certification and/or Licensure)

Program Degrees

The Executive Program in School and Mental Health Counseling, M.S.Ed.

The Executive Program in School and Mental Health Counseling, M.S.Ed. is designed for working professionals embarking on careers as either school or mental health counselors. The program is organized around three distinct emphases: School Counseling Certification, Mental Health Counseling Licensure, and School and Mental Health Counseling Certification Plus Licensure.

Program Faculty
  • Nichelle Davis Ahmaddiya, M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania
  • Suzanne Fegley, Ph.D., Temple University
  • Douglas A. Frye, Ph.D., Yale University
  • Helen Garinger, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
  • Helen Hamlet, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • Linda Lucker Leibowitz, M.S., Villanova University
  • Michael Nakkula, Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Robin S. Ortiz, Ph.D., Tufts University
  • Dianne S. Salter, Ph.D., Adelphi University, J.D., Rutgers School of Law
  • Amy Sichel, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • Diana Slaughter-Defoe, Ph.D., University of Chicago
  • Howard C. Stevenson, Ph.D., Fuller Graduate School of Psychology
  • Duane E. Thomas, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
  • Daniel A. Wagner, Ph.D., University of Michigan
  • Caroline Watts, Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education
Program Contact: 

Michele King-Griffin, MLA
Administrative Assistant
University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Education
Applied Psychology and Human Development
3700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
griffinm@gse.upenn.edu
(215)898-4610