It is not necessary to have a teaching certificate to enter the School Counseling track. Course work in adjustment, intervention techniques, evaluation, group dynamics, personality theory, and abnormal psychology is recommended. An FBI fingerprint check will be required of all counseling students at the beginning of their first quarter in the program. The results will be assessed before advancing students to candidacy. Mental health counselors are also frequently found in the military, probation and parole offices, juvenile correction facilities, community colleges, pastoral services, and business and industry.
Practical application is stressed.
Students are provided early and continuous skill practice with personalized feedback and coaching. Continuous opportunities for expanding awareness of the self of the counselor will be provided. The program is both extensive and comprehensive. It fulfills the educational requirements for Washington State certification for mental health counselors. Graduates will have completed the NBCC exam for National Counselor Certification.