hpc.appstate.edu

Amy Milsom, Chair
milsomas@appstate.edu
 

Graduate Program Director for Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MA)
Dominque Hammonds
asucmhc@appstate.edu

Mark Schwarze, Graduate Program Director for Addiction Counseling (Graduate Certificate)
schwarzem@appstate.edu

Karen Caldwell, Graduate Program Director for Expressive Arts Therapy (Graduate Certificate)
caldwellkaren@appstate.edu

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

Jill Van Horne, Graduate Program Director for Professional School Counseling (MA)
vanhornejw@appstate.edu

Sonja Ardoin, Graduate Program Director for Student Affairs Administration (MA)
asusaa@appstate.edu

The Department of Human Development & Psychological Counseling is responsible for organizing and providing instructional programs that prepare students for human services positions in K-12 schools, colleges/universities, and mental health 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).

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 Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)  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, MA

• Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Clinical Mental Health Counseling, General Concentration, MA and Music Therapy, MMT

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

Courses

• HPC 5110 - Social and Cultural Diversity in Counseling and Therapy (3)
• HPC 5120 - Introduction to Clinical Mental Health Counseling (3)
• HPC 5130 - Women’s Issues in Counseling (3)
• HPC 5140 - Counseling Assessment and Testing (3)
• HPC 5190 - Advising and Supporting in Student Affairs (3)
• HPC 5210 - Career Development and Counseling (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 Across the Lifespan (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 5380 - College Students and Their Environments (3)
• HPC 5410 - Introduction to Student Affairs (3)
• HPC 5441 - Historical Perspectives on College Student Support Services (3)
• HPC 5450 - Learning Communities (3)
• HPC 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• HPC 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• HPC 5550 - Equine Assisted Therapy (3)
• HPC 5555 - The Neurobiology of Addiction (3)
• HPC 5560 - The Addictive Process (3)
• HPC 5565 - Introduction to Play Therapy (3)
• HPC 5570 - Counseling the Addicted Person (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 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 6270 - Clinical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy (3)
• HPC 6271 - Theories of Marriage and Family Therapy III (3)
• HPC 6272 - Couple Therapy (3)
• HPC 6280 - Assessment and Diagnosis in Marriage and Family Therapy (3)
• HPC 6290 - Child and Adolescent Counseling and Therapy (3)
• HPC 6330 - Assessment and Applied Research 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 6420 - Contemporary Issues in 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 Social Justice and Inclusion in Systemic Therapy (3)
• HPC 6530-6549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• HPC 6550 - Research Methods in Marriage and Family Therapy (3)
• 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 (1-6)