Do you want to be a licensed professional counselor? Our CACREP-accredited program will help you prepare for licensure as a professional counselor in the state of Virginia. But it will do more than that. You will experience a cohort-based model of education with faculty who have practical experience as clinical mental health counselors. A recent grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has allowed us to expand our practicums to address underserved, rural communities, the opioid crisis and integrated mental health practice in interprofessional environments. Our students participate in practicums in local community organizations and with the EMU counseling center. We are a recipient of the 2016 Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) Outstanding Master’s Program Award.
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Research Interests: Michael's research interests include contemplative practices and therapeutic relationships,
counselor formation, the intersections of the humanities and philosophy with psychotherapy,
inquiries into psychoanalysis, and much more.
Research Interests: Her clinical, research, and teaching interests include the intersection of technology
and relationship, clinical supervision, pedagogy and learning outcomes, and social
justice issues.
Research Interests: He has been working with children, adolescents, and families in the fields of education,
social work, and counseling for 25 years.
Research Interests: Her clinical, research and teaching interests include the integration of the expressive
arts, specifically poetry and metaphor; grief and loss, counselor formation and pedagogy
and supervision.
Research Interests: Cheree’s counseling, teaching and research interests include multicultural intervention,
training, and prejudice reduction, pervasive developmental disorders, and developmental
psychopathology.
Graduate Counseling Faculty
Director of MA in Counseling; CACREP Liaison; Assistant Professor
Michael Horst
Assistant Professor; Counseling Center Clinical Supervisor
Jennifer Cline
Assistant Professor; Professional Practice Coordinator
Greg Czyszczon
Professional Development and Faculty Coordinator; Associate Professor
Teresa J. Haase
Associate Professor
Cheree` Hammond
Program Evaluation Program Outcomes
EMU’s Master of Arts in 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.
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