Counselor Education

      Jay Parkes, Department Chairperson
      Department of Individual, Family and Community Education
      Simpson Hall
      MSC05 3040
      1 University of New Mexico
      Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
      (505) 277-4535

      Associate Professors
      Jeanmarie Keim, Ph.D., Arizona State University
      David Olguin, Ph.D., University of New Orleans
      Deborah Rifenbary, Ed.D., University of Virginia

      Assistant Professors
      Kristopher Goodrich, Ph.D., Syracuse University
      Matthew Lemberger-Truelove, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

      Lecturer III
      George Hunter, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin


      The Mission

      The Counselor Education Program prepares students to address the counseling and human development needs of a pluralistic society. The program recruits and retains students who reflect the broad range of diversity found in New Mexico. Students graduate with knowledge and skills in core competency areas that include: professional identity, ethics, social and cultural foundations, human growth and development, career development, helping relationships, group work, assessment, and research and program evaluation.

      The Counselor Education Program features an integration of theory, research, practice, and interdisciplinary collaboration. It is intended to prepare counselors who are informed, who will be sensitive to the diversity and uniqueness of individuals, families, and communities, and will value and promote the dignity, potential and well-being of all people. The program prepares professional counselors and counselor educators to respond to a world with challenging and pressing social problems.

      Faculty members are committed to integrating teaching, scholarship, research, clinical practice and service, while promoting a climate of social justice, systemic change and advocacy. The faculty’s goal is to infuse multicultural and diversity training in all aspects of academic and clinical course work in order to prepare multiculturally competent counselors and counselor educators. From the beginning of the graduate course of study, classroom education is combined with on-site training. These experiences provide the opportunity for students to work in and with various educational settings and community agencies.


      Degrees Offered

      M.A. in Counseling
      Ph.D. in Counselor Education


      Courses

      COUN 510. Professional Orientation and Ethics. (3)



      COUN 513. Career Counseling. (3)



      COUN 514. Supervision of Counseling Services. (3)



      COUN 515. Testing and Assessment in Counseling. (3)



      COUN 516. Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Counseling. (3)



      COUN 517. Theories of Counseling and Human Behavior . (3)



      COUN 518. Group Counseling. (3)



      COUN 519. Group Counseling Internship [Practicum in Group Counseling]. (3 to a maximum of 6 ?)



      COUN 520. Foundations of Counseling. (3)



      COUN 521. Clinical Mental Health Counseling . (3)



      COUN 522. Communication Skills in Counseling. (3)



      COUN 525. Experiential Counseling. (3)



      COUN 541. Counseling Children and Adolescents. (3)



      COUN 545. School Counseling. (3)



      COUN 560. Family Counseling. (3)



      COUN 576. Diagnosis of Mental Disorders. (3)



      COUN 577. Substance Use and Abuse . (3)



      COUN 581. Sexuality in Counseling and Psychotherapy. (3)



      COUN 584. Multicultural Issues in the Helping Professions. (3)



      COUN 590. Practicum in Counseling. (3)



      COUN 591. Problems. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 ?)



      COUN 593. Topics. (1-3, no limit ?)



      COUN 595. Internship . (3 to a maximum of 6 ?)



      COUN 610. Professional Issues and Ethics. (3)



      COUN 615. Leadership, Advocacy and Professional Issues. (3)



      COUN 620. Seminar in Counseling. (3)



      COUN 621. Advanced Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy. (3)



      COUN 625. Teaching in Counselor Education. (3)



      COUN 630. Advanced Practicum in Counseling. (3-6 to a maximum of 6 ?)



      COUN 650. Advanced Group Counseling and Psychotherapy. (3)



      COUN 696. Internship. (3-6 to a maximum of 12 ?)



      COUN 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit ?)



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      1 University of New Mexico
      Albuquerque, NM 87131

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