Clinical mental health counseling is specifically oriented toward preparing professional counselors to assess client needs, develop treatment plans, provide counseling interventions, and pursue counselor licensure.
Counseling psychology is a psychology discipline and can lead to different educational and licensing pathways. If your goal is to become a licensed psychologist, clinical and counseling psychologists typically need a PhD or PsyD.
If your goal is professional counselor licensure, an MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling provides a direct counseling-focused path, and the ability to conduct clinical mental health therapy with a master’s degree.
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