Mental Health Counseling, MA

School of Psychology

Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology

The Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology, formed in 1987, has a major endowment provided through the generous support of the Hiatt family, and provides support for a number of psychology-related activities and functions, including opportunities for organizing and attending conferences, graduate fellowships, and travel and research activities for the school’s faculty and students.The department emphasizes the role of psychological scholarship in understanding human behavior and experience.

For more information, please visit the Psychology Department’s website.

Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling

The mission of the Clark University Master’s Program in Mental Health Counseling (MAMHC) is to train skilled clinicians who integrate the science of psychology with the practice of mental health counseling to improve the quality of the world in which we live and the lives of the people in our communities. In keeping with the motto of Clark University to “Challenge Convention and Change Our World,” the MAMHC Program aims to train counselors who will be actively engaged in the world and will become highly skilled professionals. Thus, the program integrates rigorous classroom-based learning with high-quality clinical training. Students in the program are trained to provide culturally, contextually, and developmentally informed services to a broad range of clients.  

We train counselors who think critically about the assumptions underlying their work, the theory guiding it, and the evidence supporting it. This process includes the careful identification and definition of a particular issue or problem, the conceptualization of the problem from one or more theoretical viewpoints, and the specification of how to choose appropriate clinical interventions in order to approach the problem.  

The general requirements of the program are as follows: 

Coursework: Students take eighteen courses over two years, with coursework required during both semesters and the summer of each year. 

Clinical Training: Students complete a 100-hour Practicum followed by a 600-hour Internship.