About the Program

The Master’s in Mental Health Counseling Program (MHP) curriculum is organized to facilitate the development of its students and the individuals with whom the students work. Specifically, the curriculum emphasizes respect for the social foundations and cultural diversity of all persons. It achieves this goal by fostering each student’s self-awareness, compassion, and ability to think critically, and through its hiring policies of faculty and recognition of multicultural students. The program offers opportunities for its students to recognize, develop, and utilize their own resources in preparation for their future work with clients.

The course requirements for the online program are identical to those of the on-campus program. Congruent with the on-campus program, students are required to participate in fieldwork as part of the program, with 100 hours during the course of the practicum and 600 total hours of field experience over the course of two semesters during the internship. The accompanying courses are listed above. Students must pass the Post Practicum Assessment before being approved for Internship and complete a capstone before being approved for graduation.  

The Sociology Department in collaboration with the MHP offers a concentration in Forensics Services allowing students to develop further the skills to work in forensics settings. Students in the Forensic Services Concentration must complete the program in person.

Students who graduate from the Mental Health Program fulfill the academic requirements required by the Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions to be licensed as a mental health counseling (LMHC) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. During their last semester of education, students should request an application for licensure from the Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions.