Counseling

The professional major in Counseling is designed to prepare students at the undergraduate level for work in counseling settings or for further graduate education leading to a career as a counselor. It prepares students for entry-level positions in a number of human services settings where counseling skills are necessary. It is also designed to prepare students for entry into a professional Master's degree program in Counseling Psychology and/or the dual degree programs in Counseling Psychology or Clinical Mental Health Counseling. The program combines professional courses in the human services with a psychology minor and specific counseling courses.

Requirements of the Counseling Major

Dual Degree Programs

Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology* OR

Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling*

(Both degrees awarded at the completion of the joint program.)

The integrated B.S., M.A. programs are developed for students in Lesley College who are interested in accelerating their educational experience in a program combining the curriculum of the undergraduate Counseling major and a graduate program in Counseling Psychology or Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Students may combine the undergraduate Human Services or Counseling program with graduate specializations. Graduates of the dual degree program in Counseling Psychology will be eligible for professional licensure in Massachusetts and most states at the completion of the program at Lesley. The programs are designed for students who demonstrate a high level of maturity and academic potential. Essentially an honors program, the integrated programs demand that students be able to achieve the academic rigor of graduate education by the time they reach their junior year of traditional undergraduate study. Students in the accelerated program must be able to achieve a level of introspection and cultural awareness necessary to engage in clinical work at a relatively young chronological age.

*Students interested in this dual degree program should speak to the dual degree coordinator for Counseling.