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| Meta Title | Master of Arts in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling | CACREP Accredited | Minnesota | Adler Graduate School |
| Meta Description | Master of Arts Degree in Counseling with an emphasis in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) prepares students to help children, adolescents, and adults overcome mental health challenges and achieve holistic wellness. Students in the program learn current and emerging evidence-based approaches to screening, assessment & diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders and develop prevention and intervention skills essential for practicing effective clinical mental health counseling. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling specialization will enable you to become license-eligible for the counseling profession in many states throughout the country. The program’s primary goal is to prepare you to function independently and successfully as a clinical mental health counselor in a variety of professional settings. |
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| Boilerpipe Text | Make An Impact
Gain prevention, intervention, and key clinical skills for effective and ethical counseling practice. Our time-tested curriculum includes comprehensive hands-on training, field experience, and faculty mentorship. This Adlerian-focused CACREP-accredited program promotes social interest, advocacy, and harmony within you and your practice.
Powerful Integrated Curriculum
Discover a flexible path to becoming a licensed mental health counselor. Our 60-credit master’s program features expert-led coursework, internship experience, and an electronic portfolio that showcases all you’ve learned.
Synchronous Observations
In alignment with CACREP policy, Adler Graduate School provides synchronous experiences that allow faculty to observe and assess counseling skills at a minimum of two points across each student’s program of study.
Additionally, we monitor students’ professional dispositions in all synchronous classes to help them develop a strong professional identity.
Why this matters
These live observations provide meaningful feedback on counseling skill development and support students in demonstrating professional dispositions expected in clinical training and professional practice.
Find Your Mentor
The diverse faculty is the foundation of the Adler Graduate School learning experience. Our faculty are:
passionate educators with online teaching expertise
long-time mental health professionals with an array of clinical, leadership, and research experience
dedicated to supporting your success
Click here
to learn more about our faculty.
Licensure Information
Our program meets the educational requirements for the licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) credential in MN. Â We will help you determine if we meet the licensure requirements in your state. You can also learn more here: Â
Contact the state licensure board here.
The Master of Arts in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).
Spotlight
Learn more about our faculty, students, and alumni.
Your Future
At Adler Graduate School, you’ll experience professional growth and personal transformation. Our graduates build successful and meaningful careers with lifelong support from AGS.
A Day In the Life
Counselors provide services and guidance to individuals and groups of all ages. They do this in person, virtually, and in a wide variety of clinical and community settings. They also collaborate with other mental health professionals on treatment, research, and advocacy.
Professional Settings
Private practice
Inpatient and outpatient hospital settings
Hospice care centers
Social services
Educational settings
Religious organizations
Corporate environments
Community health centers
Treatment centers
Field Work
Adler Graduate School provides synchronous experiences that allow faculty to observe and assess counseling skills and professional dispositions at a minimum of two points across each student’s program of study. One observation occurs prior to Practicum to support skill development and readiness for supervised fieldwork.
Practicum
Hands-on experience is key to your success as a licensed mental health professional. All clinical mental health counseling emphasis students are required to complete 700 hours of field experience, including:
Practicum is a minimum of 100 hours
Minimum of 40 hours of Direct Service with Clients
Internships
Practice your skills in a clinical setting. All internships are supervised by a licensed mental health professional.
Minimum of 600 Hours
Minimum of 240 hours of Direct Service with Clients
Required Courses
Please refer to our
course catalog
for the most up-to-date course requirements.
Program Outcomes
All Master of Arts Degree in counseling students graduate with the key skills of a clinical mental health counselor:
Social Justice and Advocacy:
Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices to deliver culturally appropriate counseling services, advocate for clients, and understand how to influence policy to enhance the practice of clinical mental health counseling.
Professional Identity:
Show a commitment to their identity as counselors through membership and activities in professional organizations, and through ethical behavior in their work with clients and other professionals.
Counseling, Prevention, and Intervention:
Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and theory-based practices of culturally appropriate diagnosis, treatment, referral, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.
Assessment and Diagnosis:
Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices of culturally appropriate and holistic clinical assessment and diagnosis of both psychopathology and normal developmental challenges, including appropriate use of diagnosis during trauma-causing events.
Ethical Decision-Making:
Demonstrate competent use of ethical frameworks and methods to make ethical decisions across clinical care settings.
Research and Evaluation:
Competently and critically evaluate clinical mental health counseling research, demonstrate understanding of evidence-based treatments and outcome evaluation, and apply appropriate models of program evaluation.
Next Steps?
It’s time to take the next step in your journey. Choose yours below.
Contact the Admissions Office |
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# Master of Arts in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling \| CACREP Accredited \| Minnesota
Master of Arts
Become a licensed clinical mental health professional to foster holistic wellness in diverse populations.
[Request Info](https://www.alfredadler.edu/program/master-of-arts-in-counseling-clinical-mental-health-counseling/#RFI "Request Info")
## Make An Impact
Gain prevention, intervention, and key clinical skills for effective and ethical counseling practice. Our time-tested curriculum includes comprehensive hands-on training, field experience, and faculty mentorship. This Adlerian-focused CACREP-accredited program promotes social interest, advocacy, and harmony within you and your practice.
### Powerful Integrated Curriculum
Discover a flexible path to becoming a licensed mental health counselor. Our 60-credit master’s program features expert-led coursework, internship experience, and an electronic portfolio that showcases all you’ve learned.
### **Synchronous Observations**
In alignment with CACREP policy, Adler Graduate School provides synchronous experiences that allow faculty to observe and assess counseling skills at a minimum of two points across each student’s program of study. Additionally, we monitor students’ professional dispositions in all synchronous classes to help them develop a strong professional identity.
**Why this matters**
These live observations provide meaningful feedback on counseling skill development and support students in demonstrating professional dispositions expected in clinical training and professional practice.
### Find Your Mentor
The diverse faculty is the foundation of the Adler Graduate School learning experience. Our faculty are:
- passionate educators with online teaching expertise
- long-time mental health professionals with an array of clinical, leadership, and research experience
- dedicated to supporting your success
[Click here](https://www.alfredadler.edu/academics/faculty/) to learn more about our faculty.
### Licensure Information
Our program meets the educational requirements for the licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) credential in MN. We will help you determine if we meet the licensure requirements in your state. You can also learn more here: [Contact the state licensure board here.](https://www.counseling.org/resources/licensure-requirements#/states/utah/states/utah/states/montana/states/minnesota/states/minnesota/states/puerto-rico/states/alaska)
#### *The Master of Arts in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).*
*[MA in Counseling Program Outcomes](https://www.alfredadler.edu/program/master-of-arts-in-counseling-program/)*

# Spotlight
Learn more about our faculty, students, and alumni.
Previous
[Student Being a student at Adler Graduate School has meant an opportunity to start my professional life again. This time from the heart. The professors have been diverse, experienced, and go up and beyond to support their students’ learning. The class format has supported my ability to manage parenting and fulltime classwork. The assignments have allowed me to dive deep into subjects for which I would have never otherwise been able to engage. I will be forever grateful for this opportunity. – Rachel Gatlin](https://www.alfredadler.edu/profiles/rachel-gatlin/)
[Faculty Doug Pelcak, MA, LSC For 33 years, Doug served as an elementary school counselor in Hopkins School District and as a private therapy practitioner … Read More](https://www.alfredadler.edu/profiles/doug-pelcak-m-a-lsc/)
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## Your Future
At Adler Graduate School, you’ll experience professional growth and personal transformation. Our graduates build successful and meaningful careers with lifelong support from AGS.
### A Day In the Life
Counselors provide services and guidance to individuals and groups of all ages. They do this in person, virtually, and in a wide variety of clinical and community settings. They also collaborate with other mental health professionals on treatment, research, and advocacy.
### Professional Settings
- Private practice
- Inpatient and outpatient hospital settings
- Hospice care centers
- Social services
- Educational settings
- Religious organizations
- Corporate environments
- Community health centers
- Treatment centers
## Field Work
Adler Graduate School provides synchronous experiences that allow faculty to observe and assess counseling skills and professional dispositions at a minimum of two points across each student’s program of study. One observation occurs prior to Practicum to support skill development and readiness for supervised fieldwork.
### Practicum
Hands-on experience is key to your success as a licensed mental health professional. All clinical mental health counseling emphasis students are required to complete 700 hours of field experience, including:
- Practicum is a minimum of 100 hours
- Minimum of 40 hours of Direct Service with Clients
### Internships
Practice your skills in a clinical setting. All internships are supervised by a licensed mental health professional.
- Minimum of 600 Hours
- Minimum of 240 hours of Direct Service with Clients
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## Required Courses
Please refer to our [course catalog](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c0I57TM0H_CmIsSpCC95Qn0jOLUk06ws/edit) for the most up-to-date course requirements.
## Program Outcomes
All Master of Arts Degree in counseling students graduate with the key skills of a clinical mental health counselor:
- **Social Justice and Advocacy:** Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices to deliver culturally appropriate counseling services, advocate for clients, and understand how to influence policy to enhance the practice of clinical mental health counseling.
- **Professional Identity:** Show a commitment to their identity as counselors through membership and activities in professional organizations, and through ethical behavior in their work with clients and other professionals.
- **Counseling, Prevention, and Intervention:** Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and theory-based practices of culturally appropriate diagnosis, treatment, referral, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.
- **Assessment and Diagnosis:** Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices of culturally appropriate and holistic clinical assessment and diagnosis of both psychopathology and normal developmental challenges, including appropriate use of diagnosis during trauma-causing events.
- **Ethical Decision-Making:** Demonstrate competent use of ethical frameworks and methods to make ethical decisions across clinical care settings.
- **Research and Evaluation:** Competently and critically evaluate clinical mental health counseling research, demonstrate understanding of evidence-based treatments and outcome evaluation, and apply appropriate models of program evaluation.
## Next Steps?
It’s time to take the next step in your journey. Choose yours below.
[Request More Info](https://www.alfredadler.edu/request-for-information/ "Request More Info")
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| Readable Markdown | ## Make An Impact
Gain prevention, intervention, and key clinical skills for effective and ethical counseling practice. Our time-tested curriculum includes comprehensive hands-on training, field experience, and faculty mentorship. This Adlerian-focused CACREP-accredited program promotes social interest, advocacy, and harmony within you and your practice.
### Powerful Integrated Curriculum
Discover a flexible path to becoming a licensed mental health counselor. Our 60-credit master’s program features expert-led coursework, internship experience, and an electronic portfolio that showcases all you’ve learned.
### **Synchronous Observations**
In alignment with CACREP policy, Adler Graduate School provides synchronous experiences that allow faculty to observe and assess counseling skills at a minimum of two points across each student’s program of study. Additionally, we monitor students’ professional dispositions in all synchronous classes to help them develop a strong professional identity.
**Why this matters**
These live observations provide meaningful feedback on counseling skill development and support students in demonstrating professional dispositions expected in clinical training and professional practice.
### Find Your Mentor
The diverse faculty is the foundation of the Adler Graduate School learning experience. Our faculty are:
- passionate educators with online teaching expertise
- long-time mental health professionals with an array of clinical, leadership, and research experience
- dedicated to supporting your success
[Click here](https://www.alfredadler.edu/academics/faculty/) to learn more about our faculty.
### Licensure Information
Our program meets the educational requirements for the licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) credential in MN. We will help you determine if we meet the licensure requirements in your state. You can also learn more here: [Contact the state licensure board here.](https://www.counseling.org/resources/licensure-requirements#/states/utah/states/utah/states/montana/states/minnesota/states/minnesota/states/puerto-rico/states/alaska)
*The Master of Arts in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).*

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Learn more about our faculty, students, and alumni.
## Your Future
At Adler Graduate School, you’ll experience professional growth and personal transformation. Our graduates build successful and meaningful careers with lifelong support from AGS.
### A Day In the Life
Counselors provide services and guidance to individuals and groups of all ages. They do this in person, virtually, and in a wide variety of clinical and community settings. They also collaborate with other mental health professionals on treatment, research, and advocacy.
### Professional Settings
- Private practice
- Inpatient and outpatient hospital settings
- Hospice care centers
- Social services
- Educational settings
- Religious organizations
- Corporate environments
- Community health centers
- Treatment centers
## Field Work
Adler Graduate School provides synchronous experiences that allow faculty to observe and assess counseling skills and professional dispositions at a minimum of two points across each student’s program of study. One observation occurs prior to Practicum to support skill development and readiness for supervised fieldwork.
### Practicum
Hands-on experience is key to your success as a licensed mental health professional. All clinical mental health counseling emphasis students are required to complete 700 hours of field experience, including:
- Practicum is a minimum of 100 hours
- Minimum of 40 hours of Direct Service with Clients
### Internships
Practice your skills in a clinical setting. All internships are supervised by a licensed mental health professional.
- Minimum of 600 Hours
- Minimum of 240 hours of Direct Service with Clients

## Required Courses
Please refer to our [course catalog](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c0I57TM0H_CmIsSpCC95Qn0jOLUk06ws/edit) for the most up-to-date course requirements.
## Program Outcomes
All Master of Arts Degree in counseling students graduate with the key skills of a clinical mental health counselor:
- **Social Justice and Advocacy:** Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices to deliver culturally appropriate counseling services, advocate for clients, and understand how to influence policy to enhance the practice of clinical mental health counseling.
- **Professional Identity:** Show a commitment to their identity as counselors through membership and activities in professional organizations, and through ethical behavior in their work with clients and other professionals.
- **Counseling, Prevention, and Intervention:** Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and theory-based practices of culturally appropriate diagnosis, treatment, referral, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.
- **Assessment and Diagnosis:** Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices of culturally appropriate and holistic clinical assessment and diagnosis of both psychopathology and normal developmental challenges, including appropriate use of diagnosis during trauma-causing events.
- **Ethical Decision-Making:** Demonstrate competent use of ethical frameworks and methods to make ethical decisions across clinical care settings.
- **Research and Evaluation:** Competently and critically evaluate clinical mental health counseling research, demonstrate understanding of evidence-based treatments and outcome evaluation, and apply appropriate models of program evaluation.
## Next Steps?
It’s time to take the next step in your journey. Choose yours below.
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