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Karen Caldwell, Interim Chair
hpc.appstate.edu

Clinical Mental Health Counseling, MA
Addictions Counseling Graduate Certificate
Expressive Arts Therapy Graduate Certificate
Mark Schwarze, Graduate Program Director, Coordinator for Addiction Counseling Certificate
asucmhc@appstate.edu
Melia Snyder, Coordinator for Expressive Arts Therapy Certificate
snyderma@appstate.edu

Marriage and Family Therapy
Systemic Multicultural Counseling Graduate Certificate
mft.appstate.edu
Kristen Benson, Graduate Degree Program Director and Coordinator for Systemic Multicultural Counseling Certificate
bensonke@appstate.edu

Professional School Counseling
Jill Van Horne, Graduate Program Director
vanhornejw@appstate.edu

Student Affairs Administration
Catherine Clark, Graduate Program Director
asusaa@appstate.edu

The Department of Human Development & Psychological Counseling is responsible for organizing and providing instructional programs in counseling and other human development functions for public schools, colleges/universities, and various agencies.

The department offers courses of instruction leading to a Master of Arts degree with these majors:

• The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is designed to prepare counselors and other helping professionals to work in a wide variety of human service agencies (including mental health centers, social service agencies, employment and rehabilitation centers, business and industry employee assistance programs, etc.). Various specialized course emphases are available. 
• The Marriage and Family Therapy program is designed to meet the need for advanced preparation of marriage and family therapists who work with families in a wide variety of work settings.
• The Professional School Counseling program (K-12) is designed to meet state licensure requirements and to prepare counselors for elementary, middle, and secondary schools. 
• The Student Affairs Administration program is designed to prepare college student development (student personnel/student affairs) specialists to work in a post-secondary educational setting (universities, four-year colleges, community colleges, two-year private colleges, and technical institutes/colleges). Approved concentrations are College Outdoor Program Administration and Student Affairs Practice. 

Accreditation

The programs in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (M.A.) and Professional School Counseling (M.A.), are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), a specialized accrediting body. Graduates are eligible to take the examination of the National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. with successful completion qualifying the individual to become a National Certified Counselor (NCC). The Professional School Counseling program is also accredited/ approved by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The Marriage and Family Therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 112 South Alfred Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3061.

Programs

• Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Addictions Counseling Concentration, MA
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Body Centered Therapy Concentration, MA
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Clinical Mental Health Counseling, General Concentration, MA
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Expressive Arts Therapy Concentration, MA
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Marriage and Family Counseling Concentration, MA
• Marriage and Family Therapy, MA
• Professional School Counseling, MA
• Student Affairs Administration - College Outdoor Program Administration Concentration, MA
• Student Affairs Administration - Student Affairs Practice Concentration, MA

• Addiction Counseling Graduate Certificate
• Expressive Arts Therapy Graduate Certificate
• Systemic Multicultural Counseling Graduate Certificate

Courses

• HPC 5000 - Internship in Public Schools (1-9)
• HPC 5100 - Counseling Techniques for Teachers of Young Adolescents (3)
• HPC 5110 - Multicultural Counseling (3)
• HPC 5120 - Introduction to Clinical Mental Health Counseling (3)
• HPC 5130 - Women’s Issues in Counseling (3)
• HPC 5140 - Psychological and Educational Testing (3)
• HPC 5190 - Helping Skills in Student Affairs Practice (3)
• HPC 5210 - Life and Career Planning (3)
• HPC 5220 - Counseling Theory and Techniques (3)
• HPC 5225 - The Helping Relationship (3)
• HPC 5270 - Theories of Marriage and Family Therapy I (3)
• HPC 5271 - Theories of Marriage and Family Therapy II (3)
• HPC 5272 - Individual and Family Development (3)
• HPC 5273 - Mediation and Divorce Therapy (3)
• HPC 5274 - Substance Abuse in Family Systems (3)
• HPC 5275 - Systemic Family Therapy Institute (3-9)
• HPC 5310 - Introduction to Professional School Counseling (3)
• HPC 5315 - Elementary/Middle Grades School Counseling (3)
• HPC 5340 - Research in Student Affairs Administration (3)
• HPC 5380 - College Students and Their Environments (3)
• HPC 5410 - Introduction to Student Affairs (3)
• HPC 5440 - Student Affairs and the Great Outdoors (3)
• HPC 5441 - Historical Perspectives on College Student Support Services (3)
• HPC 5450 - Learning Communities (3)
• HPC 5460 - Professional Practice in Student Affairs Administration (3-9)
• HPC 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• HPC 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• HPC 5560 - The Addictive Process (3)
• HPC 5570 - Counseling the Addicted Person (3)
• HPC 5680 - Counseling the Aging (3)
• HPC 5700 - Teaching Sex Education Within a Family Context (3)
• HPC 5710 - Helping the Troubled Employee (3)
• HPC 5751 - Ethics and Law in Student Affairs Administration (3)
• HPC 5752 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (3)
• HPC 5753 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy (3)
• HPC 5754 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Professional School Counseling (3)
• HPC 5790 - Group Methods and Processes (3)
• HPC 5820 - College Student Development Theories (3)
• HPC 5821 - Social Justice and Inclusion in Student Affairs (3)
• HPC 5840 - Human Relations and Interaction (3)
• HPC 5850 - Theory and Practice of Reality Therapy (3)
• HPC 5860 - Dreamwork: Clinical Methods (3)
• HPC 5870 - Creative Process, Movement, and Therapy (3)
• HPC 5900 - Practicum (1-9)
• HPC 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)
• HPC 5999 - Thesis (1-4)
• HPC 6120 - Developmental Assessment and Diagnosis in Counseling (3)
• HPC 6160 - Gestalt Therapy (3)
• HPC 6162 - Systemic Gestalt Therapy (3)
• HPC 6270 - Marriage and Family Counseling: Clinical Issues (3)
• HPC 6271 - Theories of Marriage and Family Therapy III (3)
• HPC 6272 - Marital and Couples Therapy (3)
• HPC 6280 - Assessment and Diagnosis in Marriage and Family Therapy (3)
• HPC 6290 - Child and Adolescent Therapy (3)
• HPC 6330 - Assessment and Program Evaluation in Student Affairs (3)
• HPC 6340 - Ecotherapy (3)
• HPC 6350 - Body/Mind (3)
• HPC 6355 - Mindfulness Based Counseling (3)
• HPC 6360 - Therapy and the Expressive Arts (3)
• HPC 6365 - Expressive Arts Summer Institute (3-9)
• HPC 6366 - EXA Child/Adolescents (3-6)
• HPC 6370 - Intermodal Expressive Arts (3)
• HPC 6380 - Therapeutic Writing (3)
• HPC 6390 - Current Issues in Expressive Arts Therapy (3)
• HPC 6410 - Student Affairs Administration (3)
• HPC 6451 - Clinical Mental Health Counseling Seminar (3)
• HPC 6452 - Seminar in Professional School Counseling (3)
• HPC 6500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• HPC 6525 - Advanced Systemic Multicultural Counseling (3)
• HPC 6530-6549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• HPC 6570 - The Appalachian Addictions Institute (3-9)
• HPC 6620 - School-Based Consultation (3)
• HPC 6710 - Human Sexuality (3)
• HPC 6720 - Group Counseling/Therapy (3)
• HPC 6730 - Sexual Abuse Counseling (3)
• HPC 6750 - College Student Development Institute (3-9)
• HPC 6770 - Current Issues and Special Populations in Addictions Counseling (3)
• HPC 6900 - Internship (1-18)

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