The Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling program at Walden University is dedicated to fostering the personal and professional development of students seeking the advantages of quality distance education and training as mental health service providers. Utilizing the experiences and knowledge of a multicultural faculty and student body, we prepare students to identify and address the need for culturally and contextually relevant counseling and social change for individuals, communities, and society. We maintain a commitment to excellence through the use of technology, experiential practice, collaboration, and a curriculum designed to meet the nationally recommended counseling standards.

 

M.S. in Mental Health Counseling students will be able to

• recognize the role of the counseling profession in the value and advancement of individuals, communities, and organizations;
• employ the professional counseling code of ethics;
• demonstrate cross-cultural competencies and skills;
• contribute to the advancement of mental health care for all citizens;
• analyze their place in the hierarchy of both social power and multiculturalism in relation to their counseling ethics, identity, and delivery of services;
• develop an appropriate skill competence for an identified theoretical model;
• deliver contextually appropriate counseling and remediation skills and interventions;
• establish identity through participation in professional state, regional, and national organizations;
• understand the counselor’s role as client-advocate with families, agencies, and institutions;
• effect positive social change as community leaders; and
• collaborate with counseling faculty and other mental health professionals to present data and findings to the professional counseling community.