The Master of Science in Pastoral Counseling is a clinical mental health counseling program designed to serve students who are seeking to incorporate the spiritual dimensions of their clients’ experience in the context of a professional counseling experience. The 66 credit hour program--able to be completed in as few as 60 credits--seeks an integration of theory and practice and challenges candidates to integrate diverse understandings of theology and/or spirituality with contemporary counseling theory and practice. The goal of the program is to develop competent practitioners of the counseling profession who give the spiritual dimension an integral role as they help others. Students are able to seek national credentials through the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and will have met most state licensure requirements in the state of their choice upon graduation.
Designed to allow for either full-time or part-time participation, the pace at which the student chooses to progress through the program can vary depending on their previous professional experience, theoretical background, experience in ministry, employment and other personal commitments. The essential component of the program is an 800 clinical hour internship allowing students to put learning into practice at mental health agencies throughout the greater Baltimore-Washington metro area.
The Master of Science program is fully accredited through the American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) under the 2001 Community Counseling Standards and is also accredited through the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC). The program of study has recently been revised to meet the 2009 CACREP Clinical Mental Health Counseling accreditation standards.
View the Program of Study. This program of study will be effective for all new students who begin the program during the Fall, 2009 semester.
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