Department of Counseling Clinical counseling-related programs: To be considered for admission into the Capella clinical counseling programs, you must submit all required application materials. However, submitting your materials does not guarantee admission. Program faculty will evaluate your materials and make the final decision on your admission. • Addictions Counseling • Career Counseling • Marriage and Family Counseling / Therapy • Mental Health Counseling • School Counseling Your
For a clinical or counseling psychology career track, one must first earn a bachelor’s degree. As Landrum and Davis explain, “it is best to think of your undergraduate education in psychology as learning about psychology, not learning to do psychology” (2014, p. 13). One should think of a bachelor’s degree as a solid foundation or stepping stone to furthering experience, knowledge, and skills. At the bachelor’s level, one will learn social and personal skills that employers want. The preparational
Application for Clinical Graduate Degree in Counseling By: Rosalind Sims Rationale for Seeking Specialization in a Clinical Counseling-Related Program I would like to pursue counseling as my career and become a successful leader in the field. I have always had a passion to assist people in emotional distress. As a qualified professional in the counseling field, I would be able to identify their problems as well as offer them the most appropriate solutions that may help them deal with their
Group Counseling vs. Group Psychotherapy: In the past few years, community agencies have increasingly used groups since various groups have become a common feature of today's society. Some of the most common groups in today's society include groups for women, men, parent education, children, HIV/AIDS support, and those for reducing substance abuse. Due to the increased use of groups by communities, there are various approaches that have emerged including group counseling and group psychotherapy
an understanding of these problems, which increases the possibility of treatment. These careers in psychology fall into three main categories of practice: psychologist, clinical psychologist and psychiatrists. Each of these categories differs in the scope of practice and number of years spent on education however; the ultimate goal of each is the same. The scope of practice for Psychologists is to study cognitive, emotional, and human actions by observing, interpreting, how people relate to one another
school is incredibly important to my career goals for several reasons. I hope to attend Appalachian State University to complete my Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in order to assist people who have experienced trauma relating to sexual assault, abuse, domestic violence, and similar issues. The primary reason that graduate school is essential to my success as a future counselor is that it will teach me the skills to provide competent clinical services to my clients. As a future counselor
doing my internship in the Clinical Department at the Juvenile Justice Center in El Paso Texas. The Clinical Department assists in empowering youth who have been detained or sentenced by a Judge to a rehabilitation program. The clinicians support the client’s growth by helping them recognize their strengths and overcome mental and or behavioral health issues. Counseling through the Clinical Department at the Juvenile Justice Center is very different from counseling at a typical community agency
I was eager to facilitate a songwriting intervention in my outpatient adolescent group last month. All eight patients appeared engaged while cutting out quotes, drawing, and gluing words meant to express how they view positive change in their lives. Each young person openly shared their narrative, all except one. With two minutes left of the group, she sighed and read her words aloud. A suicide note slowly formed. I asked several questions about the person in the song, ensured that the patient would
Art in painting from Metropolitan State University of Denver a personal experience that connects to my reservation and adoption into the Clinical Mental Health program was one of tragic loss. On January 9, 2002, my son’s life abruptly ended and during the grieving process I started expressing myself through painting. In searching for serenity, individual counseling became enhance. Finding a therapist with a background in marriage and family/art therapy became a visual depiction, a self-portrait symbolizing
Qualifications In 2013, I graduated from Mount Olive College with a Bachelor of Science is Clinical Psychology. As an undergraduate I did my internship with the state of North Carolina – Vocational Rehabilitation at WorkSource East in Goldsboro, NC. I am currently in a counseling training program at East Carolina University where I am working on obtaining my Master’s in Substance Abuse and Clinical Counseling. Restricted Licenses Currently, I am a counselor in training at East Carolina University