Counseling
Psychology
Academic Program
In addition to a 28-credit core curriculum, you will complete 23 to 32 additional credits in electives and concentration requirements. The program’s available concentrations are:
Counseling in Student Affairs in Higher Education
Designed to prepare master-level clinicians to work with students in a variety of higher education settings, this concentration trains students to attend to the intellectual, social, emotional, and developmental needs of college and university students. Graduates of this program will be prepared to work in such areas as counseling centers, career centers, residence life, student activities,
academic advising, and special needs programs.
Generalist Counseling
Designed for students interested in getting a generalist preparation in counseling, this concentration exposes students in a general way to individual, group, and family counseling in the community setting.
Counseling in the Community
Preparing master-level clinicians to work with adolescents and adults in a community setting, this concentration is designed for students wishing to develop expertise in counseling adolescents and adults. Students also will gain the credentials to assume a supervisory position in community agency settings.
Family and Marital Counseling
Preparing master-level clinicians to work with families, couples, and children, this concentration is designed for students interested in gaining expertise in counseling and working with families.
Pastoral Counseling
This concentration provides a holistic approach that integrates counseling practice, rigor and theory with Judeo-Christian theology and philosophy to assist individuals and families in academic, clinical, faith and spiritual based counseling settings. The program prepares graduates for success in a wide array of settings including but not limited to churches, synagogues, hospitals, jails, schools, and community settings.
School Guidance Counseling
The school counseling concentrations—in elementary, secondary, or dual elementary and secondary counseling—are Pennsylvania Department of Education-approved guidance counseling certification programs in which students may choose to pursue only certification or both certification and licensure as a Professional Licensed Counselor.
Postgraduate Programs
Holy Family also offers two postgraduate programs: a licensure program for practicing master-level counselors and a school guidance certification program for those with a master’s degree wishing to become certified as an elementary or secondary school guidance counselor. These postgraduate programs each call for their own admission requirements. Ask your admissions counselor
for details.
Eligibility for Licensure as a Professional Licensed Counselor (LPC)
Several concentrations in the graduate counseling psychology program fulfill the educational requirements to sit for the National Counselor Exam leading to license as a Professional Counselor in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Licensure eligible programs are:
- Counseling in Student Affairs in Higher Education
- Counseling in the Community
- Family and Marital Counseling
- Pastoral Counseling
- School Counseling Elementary – Certification and LPC
- School Counseling Secondary – Certification and LPC
- School Counseling Dual – Certification and LPC
