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MENTAL HEALTHCOUNSELING

MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING

Combined Master’s & Specialist’s degree

Educational Psychology & Learning Systems

Program Contacts

coe.fsu.edu/mental-health-counseling-combined

Terri WehnertAdmissions Coordinator

3210 Stone BuildingFlorida State University

Tallahassee, FL 32306-4553850.644.4592

twehnert@fsu.edu

The Florida State University College of Education

program information COURSE INFORMATION

Admissions Information

Master’s and Specialist’s in mental health counseling

The annual fall application deadline for M.S./Ed.S. candidates is February 1.

Between 12 and 16 students are admitted each year into the Mental Health Counseling program at FSU.

Mental health counselors are highly skilled professionals who engage in a variety of services including diagnosis and assessment, psychotherapy, treatment planning and utilization review, brief and solution-focused counseling, alcoholism and substance abuse treatment, consultation, prevention, and program evaluation.

The Mental Health Counseling Program at Florida State is: • a 72 credit hour program that consists of five

semesters of academic coursework, practica, and internship, culminating with the degrees of Master’s of Science and Specialist Degree in Education.

• fully accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Graduates are eligible for licensure in Florida and other states as a mental health counselor.

• designed to fulfill the preparation component of the Florida Department of Health’s Licensed Mental Health Counselor designation.

• designed to fulfill the preparation component of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) for designation as a National Certified Counselor (NCC). Students seeking NCC status must also achieve a passing score on the National Counselor Examination, and acquire two years of supervised work experience in an appropriate setting with a qualified supervisor.

Fall I (14 credit hours)

• MHS 5400 Introduction to Counseling Theories and Techniques (4)

• MHS 5060 Psychosocial and Multicultural Aspects of Counseling (3)

• MHS 5007 Foundations of Mental Health Counseling (3)

• MHS 5340 Foundations of Career Development (4)

SprIng I (17 credit hours)

• MHS 5801 Practicum in Counseling (4)• RCS 5250 Assessment in Counseling and

Rehabilitation (3)• DEP 5068 Life-Span Development (3)• EDF 5400 Basic Descriptive and Inferential

Statistics (4)• MHS 6410 Behavior Management, Principles and

Applications (3)

Summer I (9 credit hours)

• MHS 5511 Group Counseling (3)• MHS 6600 Consultation and Organizational

Development (3)• CLP 6169 Adult Psychology for Graduate Students

(3)

Fall II (17 credit hours)

• SDS 5820 Mental Health Counseling Internship (6)• SOW 5153 Human Sexuality (3)• Family Systems Elective (3)• MHS 6938 Substance Abuse Counseling (3)• Elective (2)

SprIng II (15 credit hours)

• SDS 5820 Mental Health Counseling Internship (6)• PCO 5095 Computer Applications in Counseling

Psychology and Other Human Services (3)• EDF 5481 Methods of Educational Research (3)• Elective (3)

Total 72 hours

Minimum Program Admissions Criteria:

• A Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution.

• A minimum 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 grading scale) in all work attempted while registered as an upper-division student working toward a bachelor’s degree.

• Check our program website for new GRE score requirements.

• Official TOEFL results are required of all international applicants whose native language is not English and who have not studied in an English-speaking country for at least one academic year. A minimum score 550 on the paper-based test, 215 on the computer-based test, or 80 on the internet-based test.

Complete List of Application Procedures and Requirements: www.coe.fsu.edu/mental-health-counseling-combined

To Apply:admissions.fsu.edu/gradapp/