Residential M.A. in Counseling Psychology
The Master's Degree in Counseling (MACP) is designed for students who desire a professional career in counseling and psychotherapy. It fulfills the academic requirements for graduates to sit for the California state licensure examination for Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) or for Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling (LPCC). The curriculum combines foundational course work in transpersonal psychology with specialized courses in counseling theory and skills development, including a year-long practicum experience.
In the context of a community process, emphasis is placed on personal integration of the course material, giving students the opportunity for personal transformational work. With the classroom as laboratory, students use their own life experience as the basis for case study. During the case study, students learn to critique and assess psychological theory, develop strong interpersonal skills, hone their therapeutic skills and apply what they are learning to their own life's work. Upon completion of course work, students apply their skills through practicum work in varied clinical and institutional settings.
The MACP Program is offered in three formats:
- Full-time daytime (2 years),
- Part-Time Evening (4 years), and
- Low-Residency (3 years) for students unable to relocate.
The curriculum and the cost of the program are the same for all three formats, but the quarterly tuition varies accordingly.
Students may optionally include the Creative Expression specialization, which is an advanced series of courses offered to doctoral and masters students who wish to explore the creative process as an avenue to healing and the therapeutic approach, learning, research, professional practice and application. This specialization is one in which students complete course- work and practicum work that involves them in a multi-disciplinary study of movement, story-telling, writing, symbology, drama, and fine arts. Students are invited to explore a variety of creative avenues in their own work as well as within the required courses.
Now accepting applications for Summer/Fall 2012
for all Residential and Low-Residency Programs
For further information on residential programs please contact Ann Skinner-Jones, ext. 271, askinnerjones@itp.edu.
