View our PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision-Clinical Mental Health Counseling completion requirements
For students who have graduated from a CACREP-accredited program:*
- 100 quarter credits
- Doctoral Writing Assessment
- Foundation course (1 cr.)
- Core courses (30 cr.)
- Specialization courses (15 cr.)
- Research courses (25 cr.)
- Internship (8 cr.)†
- Completion of Doctoral Dissertation
- Doctoral Companion Courses (five courses, 1 cr. each)
- Dissertation Writing Courses (5 cr. per term for a minimum of three terms; taken continuously until completion)
- One residency (choose virtual or face-to-face, 1 cr.)
- Two Intensive Labs (6 weeks online, 4 days face-to-face)
*Learn more about completion requirements for students who are not licensed professional counselors with a master’s degree in counseling or who have not graduated from a CACREP-accredited master’s program.
†Due to the internship requirements of this program, the applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or a U.S. territory at time of admission and must reside in the United States or a U.S. territory at time of admission to be eligible for this program. United States military personnel stationed abroad should contact an Enrollment Specialist to determine eligibility.
Walden students have up to eight years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension. In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
Please refer to Walden’s catalog for more information about degree requirements.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-921-1622.