Do you want to be a Licensed Professional Counselor [LPC]? Our CACREP-accredited MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree will prepare you for the LPC licensure process in Virginia and beyond. Located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, EMU's Graduate Counseling Program offers an in-person, cohort-based, and experiential model of education with faculty who have practical experience as clinicians. You will get real-world experience by participating in practicums and internships in on-campus and local community organizations, agencies, hospitals, and schools. You will graduate ready to launch a career as a professional counselor, doing depthful and healing work in the world!
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We strive to achieve the highest standards of training for clinical mental health
counselors, emphasizing applied clinical skill and professional readiness, counselor
identity formation, service to the underserved, multicultural development and awareness,
social justice through advocacy, reflective self-awareness, and exploration of spirituality
and values within a community environment.
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EMU’s Graduate Counseling Program is accredited in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Students graduating with a CACREP-accredited degree can more often easily
achieve state counseling licensure and experience greater ease of license portability
between state licensing boards. Students with CACREP-accredited counseling degrees
are often considered exceptional candidates for doctoral programs.
For more information about the counseling profession, contact the American Counseling Association.
Research Interests: contemplative practices and therapeutic relationships, counselor formation, the intersections
of the humanities and philosophy with psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and much more.
Research Interests: the intersection of technology and relationship, clinical supervision, pedagogy and
learning outcomes, and social justice issues.
Research Interests: children, adolescents, and families in education, social work, and counseling.
Research Interests: multicultural intervention, training, and prejudice reduction, pervasive developmental
disorders, and developmental psychopathology.
Research Interests: Spirituality and Religion, Multiculturalism, and Social Justice
Faculty: Helen Anderson (Professor Emerita) and David Glanzer (Professor Emeritus)
Graduate Counseling Faculty
Director, CACREP Liaison; Associate Professor
Michael Horst
Assistant Professor; Professional Practice Coordinator
Jennifer Cline
Assistant Professor
Greg Czyszczon
Professor of Counseling
Cheree Hammond
Assistant Professor of Counseling
Tamika Jackson
Graduate Counseling
Emeriti Faculty
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