ProgramCIP 51.1508

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

A program that prepares individuals to provide evaluations, referrals, and short-term counseling services to help people prevent or remediate personal problems, conflicts, and emotional crises. Includes instruction in human development, psychopathology, individual and group counseling, personality theory, career assessment, patient screening and referral, observation and testing techniques, interviewing skills, professional standards and ethics, and applicable laws and regulations.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).