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Goal 1: Educate Counseling Psychologists who can think scientifically in both research and applied settings.
(a) Acquire a wide range of professional and psychological knowledge.
(b) Obtain a wide range of applied skills relevant for the practice of counseling psychology.
(c) Acquire a thorough grounding in the scientific method.
(d) Acquire the skills that will allow trainees to make theoretical and empirical contributions that further the understanding of counseling psychology issues and concerns through data-based and scholarly publications as well as professional presentation.
(e) Have many opportunities to integrate factual knowledge and learning skills in both scientific and practice arenas.
Goal 2: Educate Counseling Psychologists who are sensitive to the differing worldviews of a broad range of individuals so that they can apply psychological principles within their clients' phenomenological and cultural contexts.
(f) Increase awareness, knowledge, and skills related to a wide range of diversity issues, and to the larger socio-political contexts that informs our conceptualizations and interventions.
Goal 3: Educate Counseling Psychologists who can think and act professionally, ethically and in a socially responsible manner.
(g) Increase their awareness, knowledge, and skills in order to respond to the ethical and legal issues within our profession.
(h) Acquire the professional identity of a Counseling Psychologist as well as the professional knowledge and skills to actively participate in the field of Counseling Psychology.
(i) Develop an awareness of the impact of social needs/policies/events on the profession.
Goal 4: Create for our students a learning environment that facilitates innovation across a wide range of experiences and establishes close working relationships among faculty and students.
(j) Involve students in developing the learning environment, such as through participation in the policy making body of the program and provide a wide variety of ways to obtain evaluative feedback to improve the program.
(k) Strive to be highly accessible to students.
(l) Actively mentor and facilitate the professional development of students both in and out of the classroom.
(m) Provide up-to-date professional knowledge in innovative ways.
Curriculum
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Accreditation and Licensing
This program leads to the granting of the PhD degree. This program has been continuously accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1953. Students obtaining this degree will be eligible to sit for the national licensing exam. Most states require additional post-doctoral clinical hours. Please check with individual state licensing boards for this specific information.
Admission Requirements
For admission into the doctoral program, the MU Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology requires that all applicants submit the following materials: (1) The MU graduate school application; (2) the ESCP Departmental Application; (3) three letters of recommendation; (4) an official copy of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), with scores being no more than five years old; and (5) an official transcript of all previous coursework, both graduate and undergraduate.
Other admission policies include: A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0; a combined GRE Verbal and Quantitative score of 1200 or higher (preferred); for international students, TOEFL score of at least 580 for the paper test or 237 for the computer version (preferred); and a bachelor's degree in a discipline related to psychology (or equivalent background coursework) (preferred). Department faculty may decide to admit a student without a related bachelor's degree or equivalent coursework, but the student will have to complete specified prerequisite courses (as specified by the faculty) before beginning the degree curriculum.
Professional Associations
Students are encouraged, but not required, to join and become actively involved in the associations of the profession, specifically Division 17, the Society of Counseling Psychology of APA or professional organizations most aligned with their specialization.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this degree program go on to both practice careers and academic positions. Examples of settings in which graduates are currently employed include:
* Universities as faculty in Counseling Psychology programs
* University Counseling Center Staff
* Private Practice
* Employee Assistance Programs
* Mental Health Centers
* Private, Non-Profit, Community-Based Organizations
* Public School Systems
* Medical Centers/Hospitals/VA's