Advanced Official Certificate Program in Professional Counseling
Admissions Contact
Graduate Recruitment & Admissions
(860) 832-2350
graduateadmissions@ccsu.edu
Academic Contact
Reginald W. Holt, PhD
Associate Professor
Counselor Education & Family Therapy
Henry Barnard Hall
22504
rwholt@ccsu.edu

Academic Department

Counselor Education & Family Therapy

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Advanced Official Certificate Program in Professional Counseling

Central to Advancing Your Influential Career.

Central’s Professional Counseling Advanced Official Certificate Program (AOCP) is designed for practicing counselors and clinicians who hold a master’s degree in Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, Psychology, or Social Work and are preparing for state licensure as a Professional Counselor through the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health or national Certification as a Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC). In addition, the AOCP offers an 18-credit Gerontology Counseling specialization track for practicing counselors. A certificate in advanced graduate work in Professional Counseling is issued upon completion, with a grade of B or better, of a combination of up to 30 credits of 500-level courses selected from those designed for the certificate program.

Program Features

  • Starts every January and August
  • UP TO 30-credit program
  • Attend full- or part-time
  • Classes available evenings
  • Financial aid is available
  • No GMAT/GRE required

One of the great benefits of the Clinical Mental Health program is that I can see my progression through many lenses: Maslow, Glasser, Jung, Adler at the top of my list along with the tools from DBT, CBT, Mindfulness, IFS, typology, systems theory, and TA. Thank you again for all you have done, what you bring to the classroom, administration, and profession.

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What You'll Gain

  • A personalized program of study designed to allow you to complete the necessary coursework you need to meet counselor licensure or certification requirements
  • Work with an assigned faculty advisor to develop a course sequencing plan that may include practicum and internship fieldwork in clinical counseling --as required by the Connecticut Department of Public Health for the LPC-A/LPC and the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification for the CRC --or in a school-based setting as required by Connecticut’s certification requirements for school counselors (#068)
  • Coursework content that assists students with preparation for National Counselor Examination (NCE), the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination (NCMHCE), or the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) examination