TeleMental Health in Counseling Certificate

NOTE - APPLICATIONS ARE NOT BEING ACCEPTED AT THIS TIME

Program Description

The TeleMental Health in Counseling- Graduate Certificate, offered by the School of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences at Missouri State University, is a 9-credit hour program that provides training in telemental health in counseling. The certificate program allows students to expand their knowledge of ethics, research, and practice in counseling via telehealth modalities in order to provide safe and effective counseling services.

This graduate certificate will benefit any licensed counselor, counselor in training, or practicing mental health professional who will be using telemental health modalities to provide services to clients. The certificate offers a short, focused program of study in a particular subject not formally offered and provides continuing education credit opportunities for counselors. In addition, the credit hours earned may be applied towards the master’s level counseling degree for students enrolled in the Master’s in Counseling program.

Admission Criteria

To be considered for the program, a student must have a 3.0 grade point average as well as apply and be admitted to or in possession of the Master’s in counseling or a closely related Graduate Degree. Admission to the certificate does not constitute admission to any other Missouri State Graduate Program.