MISSION STATEMENT AND PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Mission The Hodges University Clinical Mental Health Counseling program prepares the student for entry level professional counseling positions in the mental health and substance abuse fields, as well as eligibility for candidacy for licensing as a Mental Health Counselor. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is designed to prepare students to provide counseling services for individuals, groups, and families while developing the necessary skills to help their clients work through a wide variety of issues in addition to helping students develop their professional identity as a counselor. To accomplish this goal, the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program supports the following objectives: Program Outcomes • Students will demonstrate a self-awareness of the following: professional strengths, professional areas needing improvement, seeking consultation when needed, integrating personal values with a professional ethic, and appropriate use of video review. • Alumni and Employer ratings regarding application of Alumni counseling knowledge and skill domains will be consistent. • Evolve an ethical professional practice with a knowledge of relevant ethical codes and applicable law which integrates personal morals and beliefs. • Develop a strong counselor identity through exposure to professional rules, supervision and consultation, professional membership and credentialing. • Evaluate and apply increasing personal and professional knowledge of diversity and inclusion to their practice and advocacy for clients. • Use an understanding of human growth to facilitate optimal wellness, crisis management, and community resilience with their clients. • Model formulating career plans based on assessment of client desires and skills, and the facilitation of effective career-based problem-solving strategies. • Construct evidence-based prevention strategies and interventions that utilize effective helping skills in order to assist clients in personal growth, orientations to wellness, and crisis resolution. • Construct appropriate group curricula, including psychoeducational activities, and skillfully support effective group process that are likely to achieve client goals. • Apply reliable and valid, culturally relevant methods of appraisal to be utilized with individual clients and groups. • Evaluate and synthesize research that informs evidence-based practice and be able to select appropriate practice research and program evaluation strategies. • Demonstrate knowledge, skill and practices to address a wide variety of situations in counseling, prevention, intervention, and diagnosis.
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Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program
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