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Community Counseling Program

The University of Houston - Victoria Counseling Program continuously strives to provide the highest caliber of education in the field of counseling for our local and surrounding population. The Counseling Program's faculty is known for their student friendly attitude and quick response to present and prospective students. Faculty members are recognized for their scholarship, service, and publications. The University of Houston - Victoria Counseling Program gives students the knowledge base and experience in the field of community counseling. This knowledge base and experience encompasses the necessary counseling skills to work in the community agency setting and in a variety of other mental health settings.

The Counseling Master's degree in community counseling is designed to provide knowledge and skills in the area of counseling and a program of courses that satisfies course requirements for the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).

The Community Counseling program consists of 12 hours from the core courses, 33 semester hours from the major and 3 hours of electives.

Course Work

Core Courses
  • CED 6311 Multicultural Counseling
  • CED 6318 Assessment in Counseling
  • FED 6321 Foundations of Educational Research
  • CED 6335 Counseling Across the Life Span
Major
  • CED 6317 Couple and Family Counseling
  • CED 6321 Professional Orientation to Counseling
  • CED 6322 Abnormal Human Behavior
  • CED 6325 Career Education: The Counselor's Role
  • CED 6327 Theories of Counseling
  • CED 6329 Group Counseling: Theories and Techniques
  • CED 6333 Counseling Techniques
  • CED 6350 Community Counseling
  • CED 6303 Practicum in Counseling
  • CED 6348 Internship I and II
Electives
  • CED 6300 Play Therapy (Special Topics)
  • CED 6300 Psychopharmacology (Special Topics)
  • CED 6300 Consultation (Special Topics)
  • CED 6300 Conflict Resolution (Special Topics)
  • CED 6300 Comprehensive School Counseling Programs & School Ethics
  • CED 6315 Principles and Techniques of Stress Management
  • CED 6316 Addiction Counseling: Theory and Techniques
  • CED 6319 Death and Dying
  • CED 6336 Counseling Children and Adolescents in Crises