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Systemic Multicultural Counseling Graduate Certificate

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Appalachian’s Systemic Multicultural Counseling Certificate program provides specialized training in working with diverse and/or marginalized populations. It is designed for current students in the university’s Marriage and Family Therapy program, students interested in helping professions, as well as working mental health professionals. The program focuses on issues of inclusion and social justice in the therapeutic space and creating healthy, functioning global citizens.

The program is housed within Appalachian’s Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling.

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Gainful Employment Disclosure

People

  • Masters' Matter: Dr. Nickolas Jordan and Bel Vasquez

Courses

  • Graduate Bulletin and Course Catalog
    • Systemic Multicultural Counseling Graduate Certificate

Application Essentials

Required Entrance Exam: None

Required number of references to specify in the online form: None

Supplemental Information: Resume (Required upload for application submission); HPC Department Questionnaire (upload on the Additional Information page in the online application)

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The program is not accepting applications at this time.

Why Appalachian?

  • This certificate is currently the only program of its kind in the southeastern United States.
  • The Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling has a long history of supporting a multicultural perspective, with faculty who teach from a multicultural viewpoint.
  • The Marriage and Family Therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
  • All graduate programs at Appalachian have small class sizes, providing intimate classroom interaction.
  • The School of Graduate Studies offers scholarships, fellowships and assistantships to support eligible, full-time, degree-seeking students.

Location

On campus

Careers

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
  • Clinic Director
  • College-level faculty

Contacts

Dr. Kristen Benson
Program Director
bensonke@appstate.edu
828-262-8884

Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling

Reich College of Education

  • Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling

    The Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling in Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education is responsible for organizing and providing instructional programs in counseling and other human development functions for public schools, colleges and universities and various agencies. The department offers Master of Arts degrees in clinical mental health counseling, professional school counseling, student affairs administration and marriage and family therapy. Learn more at https://hpc.appstate.edu.

  • Reich College of Education

    Approximately 2,400 students

    • The Reich College of Education enrolls approximately 2,400 students in its bachelor’s, master’s, education specialist and doctoral degree programs. It houses five departments: Curriculum and Instruction, Family and Child Studies, Human Development and Psychological Counseling, Leadership and Educational Studies, and Reading Education and Special Education.

    Teacher preparation

    • Appalachian has been training quality educators for more than 100 years and is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
    • Appalachian offers the largest undergraduate teacher preparation program in North Carolina, graduating about 500 teachers a year.  There is at least one RCOE graduate working in every county in North Carolina.
    • The Reich College of Education is recognized consistently in the annual Institution of Higher Education Performance Report by the State Board of Education.

    Close ties to public schools

    • The Appalachian State University Public School Partnership – which includes 125 schools in nine surrounding districts – provides sites for student teachers and interns as well as professional development opportunities for teachers.
    • The Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork, located in Walkertown, North Carolina, serves over 300 K-5 students. The Academy provides a balanced education through the implementation of research-based practices, state-of-the-art literacy instruction, and exemplary classroom instruction and administration.

    Graduate programs

    • The School of Graduate Studies’ Accelerated Admission program, in which select undergraduate students can fulfill both undergraduate and graduate course requirements in their senior year toward the completion of a graduate degree program, is offered in: higher education, reading education and special education.
    • Other education-related master’s degrees, graduate certificates and specialist degrees are listed on Appalachian’s School of Graduate Studies website.

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