Online Professional Certificates

Prepare yourself with the knowledge to clearly conceptualize, assess, and treat clients who have experienced a variety of traumatic life events. This certificate will cover trauma-informed care with a focus on the cognitive, neurological, psychological, biochemical, developmental, and interpersonal aspects of trauma work. Course content will address trauma-based diagnoses, traumatic grief, vicarious traumatization, crisis intervention, and how and why socio-political realities cause trauma to prevail in specific populations over generations.

Courses

• MCC 600: Trauma Informed Counseling
• MCC 605: Advanced Trauma Topics
• MCC 610:  Grief & Bereavement Counseling 
• MCC 615: Crisis Intervention

Learn how to ethically apply traditional and emerging CBT approaches across a range of practice environments with diverse populations. This certificate will provide a theoretical overview of the theory, principles, and interventions used in CBT. 

Courses

• MCC 620: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• MCC 625: Third Wave Cognitive Behavioral Modalities

Learn about best practices in distance counseling with an emphasis on ethics, technology, building the therapeutic alliance, and offering impactful interventions in a virtual setting. More details about this certificate will be available soon. 

This 12-credit certificate program is for professionals with a master’s degree or above who wish to add a foundation of Student Affairs and higher education administration to their credentials.  This certificate introduces students to the field of Student Affairs, Student Development Theory, leadership and administration, and program design and evaluation.

Courses:

• MSAC 510 Professional Orientation & Ethics: Student Affairs Counseling
• MSAC 530 Human & Student Development Theory: A Lifespan Approach
• MSAC 555 Leadership & Administration in Higher Education
• MSAC 536 Program Development, Assessment & Evaluation