Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling

NCU's Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program is approved by the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists, and is equivalent to the curriculum standards of CACREP (Counsel for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs). Together with a Christian frame of reference and Christian faculty, our program is distinctive in several important ways.

First, you’ll gain a solid foundation of counseling skills, procedures, and theories based on current research. Building upon that base, you’ll be encouraged to develop a theoretical orientation to counseling that matches your own personality and value system. Students implement and refine this personal approach to counseling in their second year, seeing clients and undergoing clinical supervision in the campus counseling training center.

Additionally, you’ll individualize your own program through choices of electives and internship site. By the end of the first year, you’ll focus on a special population, clinical issue, or effective treatment modality. In other words, you’ll have developed your own area of specialization.

Graduates of the program meet the academic standards leading to Oregon licensure as a professional counselor (LPC). LPCs offer counseling services to individuals, groups, organizations and the general public in private or other settings. These services may be in the areas of personal-social concerns, educational programs, and career decisions. Counseling services include the use of recognized counseling techniques, appraisal and assessment methods, and research activities. 

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