Counseling - Loma Linda University

Counseling from Loma Linda University is a Campus Master Counseling and Personnel Services degree that prepares you for a Education career. Mission statement The MS in Counseling program is congruent with Loma Linda University's vision of transforming lives through whole person health care. The department supports University values of compassion, integrity, excellence, freedom, justice, purity, and humility. These attributes are depicted by the Good Samaritan sculpture in the heart of campus, which contrasts human indifference and ethnic pride with empathy and service. Our mission is to bring health, healing, wholeness, and hope to individuals, families, and communities through education , research, clinical training, community service, and global outreach. The counseling profession Professional counseling emerged a century ago as communities of multi-generational families were transformed through war, urbanization, industrialization, immigration, compulsory education, increasing career choices, and other societal changes that brought about the need for mental health services . Throughout the United States, counseling has developed into a highly interdisciplinary, relational profession in the social sciences, which includes such specialty areas as mental health counseling , rehabilitation counseling, developmental counseling , pastoral counseling, family counseling , career counseling, school counseling , sports and wellness counseling, addictions counseling , clinical mediation, residence hall deans' counseling, and student personnel services on high school and college campuses. Master's in counseling degree The Department of Counseling and Family Sciences offers an MS in Counseling with high quality academic and clinical standards that leads to a variety of career options. This interdisciplinary master's degree is designed to prepare counselors with a broad background in mental health counseling and school counseling . In 49 states, master's-level counselors can be licensed for private practice. California is the only exception, and licensure is currently being explored by the state legislature. Learning outcomes Counseling candidates will: 1. Integrate counseling concepts and skills with a personal epistemology 2. Demonstrate counseling interventions based upon a broad range of theoretical and legal/ethical frameworks through comprehensive written examination 3. Develop identity as a counselor through membership and participation in professional organizations 4. Satisfactorily complete six hundred (600) clock hours of supervised practicum in counseling 5. Meet all university qualifications for the California Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPS) in School Counseling which is issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Curriculum The curriculum for the MS in Counseling is divided into three domains as described below. Domain I: Educational Foundations and Beliefs Includes courses in learning theory, educational psychology, socio-cultural competence, research, and introductory statistics. Domain II: Theory and Cognitive Competence Challenges candidates with a variety of theoretical constructs from which to develop an approach to counseling that is compatible with their own belief systems and personhood. Students are expected to learn how to deconstruct theories and create a foundation upon which to build their professional skills and relationships. Domain III: Counseling Competence and Service Integrates the first two curriculum domains with clinical education and experience which emphasizes relational skill building, counseling practice, supervision, professional leadership, and altruism. View more details on Loma Linda University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Counseling and Personnel Services courses.