Focus on advanced counseling and psychotherapy, inspiring future counselors to lead social change by advocating for inclusion, tolerance and acceptance.
This Ph.D. program allows the opportunity to hone your craft with clinical work, including direct hours with clients. It features a unique curriculum of psychotherapy integration and techniques, focused on the factors of change.
Program Highlights:
- Perform clinical work, including direct hours with clients
- Accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
- Completion in three years (full-time study)
- 600 hours of community-based internship experience
- Designed to accommodate working professionals
- Classroom settings as well as blended options (partially online)
- Mostly conducted on evenings and weekends
Program Experience
Candidates will gain hands-on experience providing clinical therapy, supervision and advocacy for underserved populations. Student scholarship is supported with opportunities to present your work at both state and national levels.
Adler University’s Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs (CACREP), which recognizes programs that meet or exceed the highest standards for counselor preparation.
The Counselor Education and Supervision Internship consists of advanced professional experiences that cover supervision, teaching, research and community service and advocacy.
Electives
Electives for this program can include:
- Advanced Addiction Counseling
- Counseling Children and Adolescents
- Advanced Adlerian Counseling and Parent Education
- Veterans and Military Family Counseling
- Technology and Counseling in DCES
- Special Topics for Counseling Diverse Populations in DCES
- Leadership in Mental Health Agencies
Coursework
Coursework is divided into 45 credits of classes, nine credit hours of dissertation preparation and six credit hours of practicum and internship experience that covers teaching, counseling and supervising other counselors.
Coursework includes:
- Advanced Counseling Theories & Career Development
- Advanced Multicultural Counseling, Advocacy and Leadership
- Advanced Techniques in Counseling & Psychotherapy
- Advanced Group Counseling and Supervision
- Applied Statistics and Analyses in Research
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