Professional Counseling - Community Counseling
Mission statement (Community Counseling)
The purpose of the Community Counseling master’s degree program is to prepare students to work as professional counselors in a variety of community settings. This program is designed to be broad in scope and to focus on the development of sound counseling skills that can be used in a variety of settings and with a wide range of clients. Students are enrolled on a full-time basis with the intent of immersing them in the activities and identity of professional counseling. The Department of Counseling and Human Development Services and the University of Georgia are committed to recruiting students from diverse backgrounds.
Objectives (Community Counseling)
- To serve the citizens of the State of Georgia by preparing competent, effective professional counselors who are eligible for licensure as Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) in Georgia and other states.
- To train students in the practice of individual, couple, family, and group counseling
- To prepare students to be culturally sensitive professional counselors
- To train students to work with diverse, underserved, and oppressed populations
- To encourage students to develop strategies for addressing issues of social justice
- To facilitate the professional identity of students through involvement in professional counseling organizations and other activities at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels.
- To ensure that students are trained to understand and to practice within the highest of ethical and legal standards (e.g., ethical codes of various professional counseling organizations)
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