Program Type: Master of Arts

MA Counseling Program

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Our CACREP-accredited counseling program prepares students to become professional counselors who offer ethical, culturally responsive, wellness oriented, trauma informed, and evidence based preventive and therapeutic mental health services to diverse individuals, couples, and families in a variety of settings.

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Requirements

Graduation and licensure requirements vary according with the specialty. Find this information here:

Our program meets the educational requirements for the licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) credential in MN.  We will help you determine if we meet the licensure requirements in your state. You can also learn more here:  Contact the state licensure board here.

Program Outcomes

Program objectives and program evaluation information, including the number of graduates for the past academic year, pass rates on credentialing examinations, completion rates, and job placement rates can be found below:

Counseling Program – 2023-24 Academic Year StatisticsCMHCCODACMCFC
2023-24
Graduates		2023-24
Graduates		2023-24
Graduates
Number of Graduates 2023-2437813
On-time Program Completion Rate94%100%92%
Licensure Pass Rate*100%100%100%
Employed Within the First Two Months of Graduation**83%83%83%
*For graduates who have taken the exam. 3 graduates reported not taking the exam at the time of the survey.
**100% of graduates report being employed in their field of study.

The Master of Arts in Counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).

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Meet the Faculty

Our faculty is culturally diverse and occupy leadership positions in the profession. Meet the program faculty.

Spotlights

Learn more about our faculty, students, and alumni.

Faculty
Antwan Player, EdD, LMHC, LPCC

Dr. Player believes the classroom is an arena for cultivating knowledge. Each student brings a diverse life experience unique from …

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Student
Being a student at Adler Graduate School has meant an opportunity to start my professional life again. This time from the heart. The professors have been diverse, experienced, and go up and beyond to support their students’ learning. The class format has supported my ability to manage parenting and fulltime classwork. The assignments have allowed me to dive deep into subjects for which I would have never otherwise been able to engage. I will be forever grateful for this opportunity.
– Rachel Gatlin
Faculty
Nicole Randick, EdD, ATR-BC, REAT, LPC, NCC

As an educator, I aim to provide my students with a relational learning environment that stimulates engagement, encouragement, and creativity. …

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Student
My time at Adler Graduate School has been a rich and empowering experience, helping me to shift my focus from “what do I want to do?” to “who do I want to be?” Starting my counseling program at AGS, I had expected to learn about theories and techniques, but working toward my degree has been much more than that. AGS is rooted in community and driven by social justice, and it has been wonderful getting to know my professors, advisors, and fellow students – even as a fully remote student. I have appreciated AGS’s comprehensive approach to counseling education. The classes provide the broad, practical skills we need to succeed, such as in interviewing and ethics, while also exposing us to the breadth and depth of counseling topics and specialties. The work is not always easy, yet I have found it to be more than worth it.
– Leslie Boyle-Milroy, (she/her)

Concentration Areas

The Master of Arts in Counseling offers three areas of concentration including 1) Clinical Mental Health Counseling; 2) Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling; and 3) Co-Occurring Disorders and Addiction Counseling.

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

This 60-credit master’s program includes a combination of courses, internship, and electronic portfolio creating a flexible path to becoming a licensed mental health counselor.

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Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling

This 60-credit master’s program includes a combination of required courses, internship, and electronic portfolio that create a flexible path to becoming a licensed mental health counselor.

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Co-Occurring Disorders and Addiction Counseling

This 64-73 credit master’s program includes a combination of required coursework, internship, and electronic portfolio that provides a flexible path to becoming a licensed mental health counselor.

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Amalia Yang
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Master of Arts in Counseling, Co-Occurring Disorders and Addiction Counseling

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Help Others Heal and Overcome

Learn and embody a progressive approach toward treating addiction with another mental health disorder. Through a combination of emerging and evidence-based practices and hands-on fieldwork, you’ll prepare to promote healing and positive outcomes across diverse populations and professional settings. This Adlerian-focused CACREP-accredited program promotes social interest, advocacy, and harmony within you and your practice.

Powerful Integrated Curriculum

This 64–73 credit master’s program features expert-led coursework, internship experience, and an electronic portfolio that reflects and showcases all you’ve learned.

Find Your Mentor

The diverse faculty is the foundation of the Adler Graduate School learning experience. Our faculty are:

  • passionate educators with online teaching expertise
  • long-time mental health professionals with an array of clinical, leadership, and research experience
  • dedicated to supporting your success

Click here to learn more about our faculty.

Licensure Information

Our program prepares you to meet licensure requirements for the licensed alcohol and drug counselor (LADC) and licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) credentials in MN. Additional credits are required for dual licensure as LADC and licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in MN. Does our program meet licensure requirements in your state? Contact the state licensure board here.

The Master of Arts in Counseling, Co-Occurring Disorders and Addiction Counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).

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Spotlight

Learn more about our Counseling faculty, students, and alumni.

Faculty
Antwan Player, EdD, LMHC, LPCC

Dr. Player believes the classroom is an arena for cultivating knowledge. Each student brings a diverse life experience unique from …

Read More
Student
My time at Adler Graduate School has been a rich and empowering experience, helping me to shift my focus from “what do I want to do?” to “who do I want to be?” Starting my counseling program at AGS, I had expected to learn about theories and techniques, but working toward my degree has been much more than that. AGS is rooted in community and driven by social justice, and it has been wonderful getting to know my professors, advisors, and fellow students – even as a fully remote student. I have appreciated AGS’s comprehensive approach to counseling education. The classes provide the broad, practical skills we need to succeed, such as in interviewing and ethics, while also exposing us to the breadth and depth of counseling topics and specialties. The work is not always easy, yet I have found it to be more than worth it.
– Leslie Boyle-Milroy, (she/her)
Faculty
Doug Pelcak, MA, LSC

Doug has been with the Hopkins School District since 1979. He does private therapy specializing in working with individuals with …

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Your Future

At Adler Graduate School, you’ll experience professional growth and personal transformation. Our graduates build successful and meaningful careers with lifelong support from AGS.

A Day In the Life

Addiction counselors help individuals understand their addictions and behaviors, and manage co-occurring disorders, while guiding them through recovery. You may work with clients in crisis situations, in structured programs, or on an ongoing basis through recovery and beyond. Your practice may look like:

  • One-on-one work
  • Group sessions
  • Family meetings
  • Updates and progress reports to courts
  • Creating and guiding clients through treatment plans
  • Collaborating with other health professionals

Professional Settings

  • Mental health clinics
  • Private practice
  • Hospitals
  • Social services
  • Residential treatment facilities
  • Corrections
  • Other community settings

Field Work

Practicum

Hands-on experience is key to your success as a licensed mental health professional. All co-occurring disorders and addictions counseling emphasis students are required to complete 880 hours in the 12 core functions of field experience, including:

  • 100 hours of practicum
  • Minimum of 40 hours of Direct Service with Clients

Internships

Practice your skills in a clinical setting. All internships are supervised by a licensed mental health professional.

  • 600 hours of clinical internship
  • Minimum of 300 hours of Direct Service with Clients
  • Students will also complete 180 hours in any combination of Practicum and Internship.
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Required Courses

Please refer to our course catalog for the most up-to-date course requirements.

Program Outcomes

All Master of Arts Degree in counseling students graduate with the key skills of a co-occurring disorders and addictions counselor:

  • Social Justice and Advocacy: Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices to deliver culturally appropriate counseling services, advocate for clients, and understand how to influence policy to enhance the practice of clinical mental health counseling.
  • Professional Identity: Show a commitment to their identity as counselors through membership and activities in professional organizations, and through ethical behavior in their work with clients and other professionals.
  • Counseling, Prevention, and Intervention: Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and theory-based practices of culturally appropriate diagnosis, treatment, referral, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.
  • Assessment and Diagnosis: Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices of culturally appropriate and holistic clinical assessment and diagnosis of both psychopathology and normal developmental challenges, including appropriate use of diagnosis during trauma-causing events.
  • Ethical Decision-Making: Demonstrate competent use of ethical frameworks and methods to make ethical decisions across clinical care settings.
  • Research and Evaluation: Competently and critically evaluate clinical mental health counseling research, demonstrate understanding of evidence-based treatments and outcome evaluation, and apply appropriate models of program evaluation.

Next Steps?

It’s time to take the next step in your journey. Choose yours below.

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Amalia Yang
Amalia Yang
Admissions Counselor

Master of Arts in Counseling, Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling

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Promote Peace and Harmony

Become a professional and ethical psychotherapist with a multicultural, trauma-informed, and ethically sound lens. Through hands-on training, impactful fieldwork, and faculty mentorship, you’ll gain a holistic, system-based perspective to treating relational and interpersonal issues in children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. This CACREP-accredited program, like all AGS programs, promotes social interest, advocacy, and harmony within yourself and your practice.

Powerful Integrated Curriculum

This 60-credit master’s program features expert-led coursework, internship experience, and an electronic portfolio that showcases all you’ve learned. Full-time students can complete the program in approximately two years.

Find Your Mentor

The diverse faculty is the foundation of the Adler Graduate School learning experience. Our faculty are:

  • passionate educators with online teaching expertise
  • long-time mental health professionals with an array of clinical, leadership, and research experience
  • dedicated to supporting your success

Click here to learn more about our faculty.

Licensure Information

Our program prepares you to meet licensure requirements for the licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) credential in MN. Does our program meet licensure requirements in your state? Visit the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy website for state-specific information.

The Master of Arts in Counseling, Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).

CACREP accredited logo

Spotlight

Learn more about our School Counseling faculty, students, and alumni.

Faculty
Nicole Randick, EdD, ATR-BC, REAT, LPC, NCC

As an educator, I aim to provide my students with a relational learning environment that stimulates engagement, encouragement, and creativity. …

Read More
Student
My time at Adler Graduate School has been a rich and empowering experience, helping me to shift my focus from “what do I want to do?” to “who do I want to be?” Starting my counseling program at AGS, I had expected to learn about theories and techniques, but working toward my degree has been much more than that. AGS is rooted in community and driven by social justice, and it has been wonderful getting to know my professors, advisors, and fellow students – even as a fully remote student. I have appreciated AGS’s comprehensive approach to counseling education. The classes provide the broad, practical skills we need to succeed, such as in interviewing and ethics, while also exposing us to the breadth and depth of counseling topics and specialties. The work is not always easy, yet I have found it to be more than worth it.
– Leslie Boyle-Milroy, (she/her)
Faculty
Doug Pelcak, MA, LSC

Doug has been with the Hopkins School District since 1979. He does private therapy specializing in working with individuals with …

Read More

Your Future

At Adler Graduate School, you’ll experience professional growth and personal transformation. Our graduates build successful and meaningful careers with lifelong support from AGS.

A Day In the Life

Your special training in both psychotherapy and family systems can help couples or family members overcome challenging situations, cope with mental or emotional issues, or reconcile differences. You’ll address how behaviors of all family or relationship members affect individuals, and may perform individual counseling and diagnose or uncover untreated or undertreated mental health conditions. LFMTs typically see clients for a short time. You’ll work with clients to outline achievable goals for your time together.

Professional Settings

  • Mental health clinics
  • Private practice
  • Hospitals—both inpatient and outpatient settings
  • Social services
  • Residential treatment facilities
  • Corrections
  • Hospice care centers
  • Community settings

Field Work

Students in the Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling (MCFC)  emphasis are required to complete a miminim of 700 hours of field experience, including 300 Direct Service with clients of which 150 must be relational based counseling services.  Field Expeirence is completed in two parts:

Practicum

  • 100 hours with a minimum of 40 hours of direct service with clients

Internships

Practice your skills in a clinical setting. All internships are supervised by a licensed mental health professional.

  • 600 hours of clinical internship
  • 260 hours of direct service with clients
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Required Courses

Please refer to our course catalog for the most up-to-date course requirements.

Program Outcomes

All Master of Arts Degree in Counseling students graduate with the key skills of a Marriage, Couple, and Family Counselor:

  • Social Justice and Advocacy: demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices to deliver culturally appropriate counseling services, advocate for clients, and understand how to influence policy to enhance the practice of clinical mental health counseling.
  • Professional Identity: show a commitment to their identity as counselors through membership and activities in professional organizations, and through ethical behavior in their work with clients and other professionals.
  • Counseling, Prevention, and Intervention: demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and theory-based practices of culturally appropriate diagnosis, treatment, referral, and prevention in promoting the well-being of marriages, couples, and families.
  • Assessment and Diagnosis: demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices of culturally appropriate and holistic clinical assessment and diagnosis of both psychopathology and normal developmental challenges, including appropriate use of diagnosis during trauma-causing events.
  • Ethical Decision Making: demonstrate competent use of ethical frameworks and methods to make ethical decisions across clinical care settings.
  • Research and Evaluation: competently and critically evaluate clinical mental health counseling research, demonstrate understanding of evidence-based treatments and outcome evaluation, and apply appropriate models of program evaluation.

Next Steps?

It’s time to take the next step in your journey. Choose yours below.

Request More Info
Apply
Visit
Financial Aid

Contact the Admissions Office

Amalia Yang
Amalia Yang
Admissions Counselor

Master of Arts in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

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Make An Impact

Gain prevention, intervention, and key clinical skills for effective and ethical counseling practice. Our time-tested curriculum includes comprehensive hands-on training, field experience, and faculty mentorship. This Adlerian-focused CACREP-accredited program promotes social interest, advocacy, and harmony within you and your practice.

Powerful Integrated Curriculum

Discover a flexible path to becoming a licensed mental health counselor. Our 60-credit master’s program features expert-led coursework, internship experience, and an electronic portfolio that showcases all you’ve learned.

Find Your Mentor

The diverse faculty is the foundation of the Adler Graduate School learning experience. Our faculty are:

  • passionate educators with online teaching expertise
  • long-time mental health professionals with an array of clinical, leadership, and research experience
  • dedicated to supporting your success

Click here to learn more about our faculty.

Licensure Information

Our program meets the educational requirements for the licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) credential in MN.  We will help you determine if we meet the licensure requirements in your state. You can also learn more here:  Contact the state licensure board here.

The Master of Arts in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).

CACREP accredited logo

Spotlight

Learn more about our faculty, students, and alumni.

Student
Being a student at Adler Graduate School has meant an opportunity to start my professional life again. This time from the heart. The professors have been diverse, experienced, and go up and beyond to support their students’ learning. The class format has supported my ability to manage parenting and fulltime classwork. The assignments have allowed me to dive deep into subjects for which I would have never otherwise been able to engage. I will be forever grateful for this opportunity.
– Rachel Gatlin
Faculty
Doug Pelcak, MA, LSC

Doug has been with the Hopkins School District since 1979. He does private therapy specializing in working with individuals with …

Read More

Your Future

At Adler Graduate School, you’ll experience professional growth and personal transformation. Our graduates build successful and meaningful careers with lifelong support from AGS.

A Day In the Life

Counselors provide services and guidance to individuals and groups of all ages. They do this in person, virtually, and in a wide variety of clinical and community settings. They also collaborate with other mental health professionals on treatment, research, and advocacy.

Professional Settings

  • Private practice
  • Inpatient and outpatient hospital settings
  • Hospice care centers
  • Social services
  • Educational settings
  • Religious organizations
  • Corporate environments
  • Community health centers
  • Treatment centers

Field Work

Practicum

Hands-on experience is key to your success as a licensed mental health professional. All clinical mental health counseling emphasis students are required to complete 700 hours of field experience, including:

  • Practicum is a minimum of 100 hours
  • Minimum of 40 hours of Direct Service with Clients

Internships

Practice your skills in a clinical setting. All internships are supervised by a licensed mental health professional.

  • Minimum of 600 Hours
  • Minimum of 240 hours of Direct Service with Clients
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Required Courses

Please refer to our course catalog for the most up-to-date course requirements.

Program Outcomes

All Master of Arts Degree in counseling students graduate with the key skills of a clinical mental health counselor:

  • Social Justice and Advocacy: Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices to deliver culturally appropriate counseling services, advocate for clients, and understand how to influence policy to enhance the practice of clinical mental health counseling.
  • Professional Identity: Show a commitment to their identity as counselors through membership and activities in professional organizations, and through ethical behavior in their work with clients and other professionals.
  • Counseling, Prevention, and Intervention: Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and theory-based practices of culturally appropriate diagnosis, treatment, referral, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.
  • Assessment and Diagnosis: Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and practices of culturally appropriate and holistic clinical assessment and diagnosis of both psychopathology and normal developmental challenges, including appropriate use of diagnosis during trauma-causing events.
  • Ethical Decision-Making: Demonstrate competent use of ethical frameworks and methods to make ethical decisions across clinical care settings.
  • Research and Evaluation: Competently and critically evaluate clinical mental health counseling research, demonstrate understanding of evidence-based treatments and outcome evaluation, and apply appropriate models of program evaluation.

Next Steps?

It’s time to take the next step in your journey. Choose yours below.

Request More Info
Apply
Visit
Financial Aid

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Amalia Yang
Amalia Yang
Admissions Counselor

Master of Arts in Counseling, Art Therapy

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Licensure Information

The Art Therapy Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of The Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education. The program meets the requirements for the licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) credentials in MN. Does our program meet licensure requirements in your state? Contact the state licensure board here.

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AGS Art Therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs CAAHEP upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education (ACATE).