Counseling Program Student Resources

Center for Community Counseling and Development

A unique feature offered by our program is a clinical practicum offered in our Center for Community Counseling and Development Clinic (CCCD) where you will get real-world experience meeting with real clients under the supervision of CMU faculty.

Learn more about the CCCD

Clinical experiences

Essential to your learning experience are your practicum and internship. Both provide you the opportunity to demonstrate the theory and practice you have been learning in your classes. 

Practicum

A 100-hour clinical experience occurs near the end of the program.  Students cannot begin practicum before completing the bulk of other coursework.  Forty (40) hours of face-to-face work with clients, 2.5 hours of supervision per week.  Practicum sites do not have to be concentration-specific, but a site supervisor must be available onsite when the student is accruing hours.  The program assists students in finding sites, but the student is responsible for securing a practicum site. 

The CMU Counseling program hosts a state-of-the-art no-cost mental health clinic on the Mt. Pleasant campus that offers in-person and telemental health sessions.  All students in the Counseling Program are eligible to complete a practicum at the Center for Community Counseling and Development Clinic (CCCD), but space is limited.

The Center for Community Counseling and Development Clinic provides individual counseling for children, adolescents, and adults.  Under the supervision of the CMU counseling faculty, the CCCD clinic provides the following services:

  • Family and couples
  • Play therapy for children
  • General counseling for emotional problems and life adjustment concerns
  • Career and employment counseling
  • Consultation with community agencies and schools
  • Referral services for identified problems

Internship

A 600-hour clinical experience; 240 direct face-to-face hours. 2.5 hours of supervision per week. Students cannot begin an internship until the successful completion of the practicum. Internship sites must be concentration-specific, and a supervisor must be available when the student is accruing hours. School counselors must be supervised by a licensed school counselor. The program assists students in finding sites, but the student is responsible for securing an internship site.

Program syllabi

Explore teaching syllabi for each course in our 60-credit program. Syllabi are organized by course delivery: online synchronous, online asynchronous and face-to-face.

State licensure list

We want to ensure we are the right program for you!  We have compiled links to state and Department of Education licensure requirements and subsequent application processes for all 50 states and six U.S. territories.  If the CMU Counseling Program does not meet the requirements for licensure in the state an applicant wishes to seek licensure in, the applicant may not enroll in the CMU Counseling Program. 

Licensure List

Student handbook

The counseling student handbook is updated each academic year and includes essential program details including:

  • mission, vision and program objectives
  • policies and procedures
  • course listings by concentration
  • educational and professional engagement resources
  • State of Michigan licensure process

*Please download the handbook to your computer and open in Adobe. Not all content is available in the website version.

HANDBOOK

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