CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGY
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Clinical Psychology
Overview
Clinical mental health counseling, like many of the helping professions, is a vital calling to help build a healthy and prosperous society. If you are looking to be among the top mental health counselors of our country, start your higher education with Alliant International University’s California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) today.
Through our Master’s in Clinical Counseling degree program, you will develop skills to diagnose, treat, and proactively guide individuals and groups to overcome disability, grow, and embrace change, in addition to counseling individuals who are struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, loss, anger management, and infidelity — along with many other issues.
Degree Information
Professional Training Through Supervised Clinical Experience
Even in their first year in the program, students in the Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling program begin to acquire “real world” experience with unique observation experiences with clients in clinical settings. As they progress in the program, students build on this initial exposure and develop their portfolio of clinical skills — gaining professional confidence along the way.
Students gaining their Master’s in Clinical Counseling receive a total of 700 hours of clinical experience counseling individuals, families, and groups. Of these, a minimum of 280 hours are direct supervised clinical experience. Through their fieldwork, interns have opportunities to engage in clinical training experiences that serve a broad range of client populations. Students gain experience with individual, family, group, and couple therapy, as well as psychodiagnostic and neuropsychological assessment services. Students also gain experience with adults, children, families, and couples. They learn to counsel individuals who are struggling with ADHD, anxiety and depression, social skills, difficult behavior, anger management, grief and loss, relationship problems, sexual concerns, divorce, infidelity, intimacy and emotional closeness, along with many other conditions.
Earning a degree through our Clinical Mental Health Counseling Masters Programs is Your Opportunity to Help Those in Need
The field of mental health counseling is expected to grow by almost 25% over the next 10 years, and there are a variety of career paths available to clinical mental health counselors. Some options include:
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Community Mental Health Clinics
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Couples and Family Services
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Outpatient and Inpatient Substance Abuse Centers
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Hospitals and health care agencies
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Government agencies and funded programs
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Public and private Schools, Universities and training programs
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Private and group Practices
Application Fee
Prospective students must submit an online application along with a non-refundable application fee.
Alliant International University accepts 3-year Bachelor’s degrees as equivalent to a U.S. 4-year Bachelor’s degree when certain requirements have been met. If you would like to learn more, please contact our Admissions Counselors today.
Degree Prerequisite
Official transcripts from all high schools and colleges attended showing a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies applicants must have a minimum 2.5 GPA)
High school students and/or students who have earned less than 24 college units must submit an official high school transcript as well as official transcripts from all colleges attended that should be considered for transfer credit.
Transcript
Students who have earned 24 or more college units must submit an official high school graduation date, as well as official transcripts from all colleges attended that should be considered for transfer credit
Essay- Personal Statement
Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. Discuss some issue of personal, national or international concern and its importance to you. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you and describe that influence.