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Returning to college to earn your Masters Degree can be the start of a new
and exciting period in your life. You will expand your knowledge, learn innovative
ways of doing things and meet friendly, faculty, staff and students who may
become strong networking contacts. This dynamic experience awaits you at
Alvernia College.
The Master of Arts in Community Counseling ,with nine credits in additional
specialized coursework, will prepare students to become eligible as Licensed
Professional Counselors, specializing in Mental Health or Addictions Counseling.
Academic rigor will prepare students at the highest existing national standards
for practice and leadership wherever mental health and addictions counseling
takes place in Berks County, the surrounding region, throughout Pennsylvania
and the United States. Mental Health and Addictions Counseling is practiced
in: private, religious, public and not-for-profit community agencies, hospitals,
clinics and centers, the criminal justice system, business and industry,
and private practice. The Master of Arts in Community Counseling emphasizes
prevention, advocacy, education, and treatment for co-occurring mental health
and addiction disorders.
This program fulfills a strong need to service those agencies and organizations
who work with various client systems. However, the field of counseling in
the state of Pennsylvania has evolved to include an increased emphasis on
licensure as a focus for the delivery of service by professionals within
the changing climate of managed care. Alvernia College desires to respond
to these changes within the counseling arena by providing a values-centered
masters degree program with special emphasis on co-occurring disorders.
This theme reflects the College’s heritage by focusing on client systems
that require intervention for both mental health and addictions of all types.
The Master of Arts in Community Counseling will prepare Graduates
to:
- Address critical ethical issues facing professionals and community
leaders within a complex and pluralistic society
- Be grounded in the theoretical foundation for evidence based practice
within the counseling profession with special emphasis on co-occurring
disorders in community settings
- Demonstrate counseling and assessment skills necessary for professional
practice with special attention to intervening with client systems
experiencing co-occurring disorders
- Be culturally competent, spiritually sensitive, and ethical practitioners
who are aware of the legal constraints of professional intervention
- Become critical consumers of research and independently apply research
developments to practice, and to participate in research
- Take the examinations required by the Pennsylvania State Licensure
Professional Counselor Board, such as those provided by National Board
of Certified Counselors
- Continue their graduate education at the doctoral level
Additional Specialization Available in the Following Areas of Study:
Updated:
December 12, 2006
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''The thing I like about the program is that it is well-rounded. You can take what you learn and use it in any kind of counseling setting.'' -Jennifer Bender
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