Students who wish to become licensed mental health counselors should pursue the mental health counseling Ed.S. This 65-credit degree program will prepare students to earn licensure and provide counseling and therapy services to individuals, groups, couples, and families in agency and private-practice settings.  This degree program is only available on the Bloomington campus.

Students gain advanced competence through experience in:

• Clinical assessment of individuals, couples, and families
• Case conceptualization
• Intervention skills from a wide range of theoretical systems
• Research experience through a qualifying project or comprehensive examination

Degree Requirements

Major Requirements (45 cr.)

• G502 Professional Orientation and Ethics (3 cr.)
• G505 Individual Appraisal: Principles and Procedures (3 cr.)
• G510 Introduction to Alcohol and Drug Counseling (3 cr.)
• G522 Counseling Theories (3 cr.)
  • Must be taken concurrently with G523.
• G523 Laboratory in Counseling and Guidance (3 cr.)
  • Must be taken concurrently with G522.
• G524 Practicum in Counseling (3 cr.)
  • Pre-requisite:  G522 and G523, or equivalents.
• G532 Introduction to Group Counseling (3 cr.)
• G550 Internship in Counseling (6 cr.)
• G552 Career Counseling: Theory/Practice (3 cr.)
• G563 Mental Health Counseling (3 cr.)
• G575 Multicultural Counseling (3 cr.)
• G598 Seminar in Professional Issues (3 cr.)
• G615 Psychopathology and Advanced Diagnosis (3 cr.)
• G647 Advanced Internship in Counseling (3 cr.)

Inquiry (6 cr.)

• Y520 Strategies for Educational Inquiry (3 cr.)
• Select one course from the approved Inquiry Course list. (3 cr.)
  • A list of approved inquiry courses may be found at http://education.indiana.edu/students/graduates/_docs/ApprovedInquiryCoreCourses.pdf.

Minor Requirements (9 cr.)
The minor must have integrity in its own right and must complement the major. The minor field must demonstrate wholeness within itself and contribute to the student's overall doctoral program. Minors are normally formulated within a single program area. However, an interdisciplinary or individualized minor is also possible. Interdisciplinary or individualized minors require a written description of the minor's underlying theme along with a rationale for each course's contribution to that theme through the Minor Justification form. This form should be submitted and approved by the Graduate Studies Office prior to enrolling in the minor courses.  Major area courses may not be used in the minor.

Elective Requirements (5 cr.)

• P514 Life Span Development: Birth-Death (3 cr.)
  • If not included in the minor
• Other course work in Anthropology, Evaluation, Sociology, and Psychology.  Courses may include but are not limited to:
  • G567Marriage and Family Counseling (3 cr.)
  • G581Workshop in counseling and Guidance (1-3 cr.)
  • G590Research in Counseling and Guidance (1-3 cr.)
  • G622Advanced Theories of Counseling (3 cr.)
  • G632Advanced Group Leadership (3 cr.)
  • G654Seminar in Career Development: Theory and Research (3 cr.)
  • G672Human Sexuality:  Introduction to Therapy (3 cr.)
  • G785Topical Seminar in Counseling and Guidance (1-3 cr.)

Capstone Project or Comprehensive Examination
At the end of course work students will complete a comprehensive examination or capstone project which constitutes the capstone/culminating experience for the Ed.S. program.