The mission of the Division of Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Interpreter Training is to educate, develop and train counseling and psychology professionals by utilizing the highest external standards set by state and national licensing/certifying boards. Counselor education faculty design and deliver counseling programs through a variety of instructional modalities. The counseling degree programs provide graduate education at regional and state locations. The program seeks students from diverse populations.
Goals and Objectives
Students graduating from Troy University鈥檚 counseling programs should:
- Obtain knowledge and understanding of the identity, roles, history, philosophy, credentials, licensure, legal/ethical, current trends, practices, supervision models, collaboration-crisis-trauma concepts, and self-care strategies related to the counseling profession.
- Gain knowledge and understanding of program evaluation and research methodology to include application, evaluation and analysis of quality research and effective counseling programs.
- Develop personal and professional dispositions to effectively analyze and evaluate ethical, legal, diverse, and best practice issues related to the counseling profession.
- Develop counseling abilities to analyze, evaluate. Apply and create treatment methodologies, therapeutic interventions, assessment techniques, effective cultural strategies, and other abilities that apply to the practice of counseling in school, agency clinical and community settings.
- Demonstrate analysis, evaluation and application of core counseling concepts as applied to the knowledge of professional identity and practice.
The Substance Abuse Counseling Program is designed to train substance abuse counselors. This 48-semester-hour program has been tailored to meet educational standards for state licensure and national counseling credentials.
The program is designed to provide students with adequate knowledge of theory, application of counseling skills particularly as it relates to substance abuse counseling, knowledge of both normal and pathological development and behavior, and expertise in treatment planning.
Objectives For Substance Abuse Counseling:
- To develop knowledge of the foundations of the counseling profession to include history, current trends/issues, roles, functions, and professional identity. The program is designed to provide students with adequate knowledge of theory, application of counseling skills particularly as it relates to substance abuse, knowledge of both normal and pathological development and behavior, and expertise in treatment planning.
- To develop knowledge of commonly abused drugs, the physiological and psychological implications related to substance abuse, drug abuse prevention and intervention.
- To develop knowledge and skills in technology as it is applied to psycho- educational presentations and general counseling, as well as understanding the limitation of technology as it applies to counseling.
- To develop sensitivity and skill in providing counseling services to diverse cultural populations.
- To develop knowledge and skill in research to include the capacity for being a consumer of research data, and the ability to contribute to program evaluation.
- To develop sound clinical and ethical judgment and skills.
- To develop knowledge and skill in consultation and cooperation with other counseling agencies and professionals.
- To promote counselor accountability and professional credibility.
- To demonstrate psychological health and the ability to use high levels of self awareness.
