Clinical Mental Health Counseling Programs at The Chicago School
Our Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate programs provide students with the skills necessary to provide mental health services to a wide range of clients, including children and adolescents, adults, families, and couples. Students are prepared with competencies including ethics, research, evaluation, diagnosis, theories, career assessment, and counseling interventions.
Guided by practitioner-scholar faculty, The Chicago School’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs mix rigorous coursework with real-world experience in areas such as:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Grief
- Low self-esteem
- Stress
- Relationship difficulties
- Suicidal ideation
- Life transitions
The M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs at The Chicago School are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), meeting their standards with regard to institutional settings, program mission and objectives, program content, practicum experiences, student selection and advising, faculty qualifications and workload, program governance, instructional support, and self-evaluation.