Contribute to Humanity through your Online Counseling
Degree
The word “counselor” often makes people think
of your high school counselor, or perhaps of the leader at a summer camp,
but the counseling field involves a wide range of human services from
marital counseling to youth counseling to counseling for prevention of
substance abuse. Counseling today is almost as specialized as medicine.
Through your online degree program, you can decide what age and type of
people you would most enjoy working with. There is such a need for qualified
counselors that you will be able to find work with any choice you make.
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| Liberty
University offers a Master
of Arts in Professional Counseling degree program. The program
is designed to provide students with a strong foundation of the
knowledge and skills they need to work effectively as a professional
counselor. Students receive specific training that is designed to
lead to licensure and national certification. Coursework is comprised
of Council for Accreditation of Counseling and other related educational
programs.
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Capella
University offers a Master
of Science in Human Services programs with specializations in Counseling
Studies, Marital, Couple and Family Counseling/Therapy, Mental
Health Counseling - CACREP Accredited, School Counseling, and more.
These specializations are designed to teach students how to apply
systems-based counseling theories and research methodology in practice.
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| Walden
University offers a Ph.D.
in Human Services with a Specialization in Counseling program.
The program is research intensive and provides students with the
action-oriented research skills they need to succeed in such roles
as licensed independent social worker or social services manager.
Coursework includes developmental theories, biopsychosocial stress,
human diversity and behaviors, and more. |
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University of Phoenix Online offers
a Bachelor
of Science in Human Services/Management degree program. This
diverse program combines instruction in management skills of planning
and organizing with instruction in counseling, social work, and
psychology. Coursework includes Organizational Behavior, Organization
Psychology, Cultural Diversity and Special Populations, and a whole
lot more.
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Counseling
degree can be as advanced as you want them, from the Bachelors, to the
Masters, to the Graduate school degree programs. Of course, the higher
your degree, the more you can expect to be paid and the more you will
be qualified to do. For example, a person with a doctoral degree might
eventually by the supervisor of a mental health or christian counseling
center. The following descriptions will give you just an idea of the many
possible directions your degree could take you.
Human Services—Counseling
Courses focus on healthy life adjustment, understanding human diversity,
and a comprehensive synthesis of theoretical approaches (social, behavioral
and development) to human growth.
Leadership Coaching
Executive coaching is a fast growing field. With a degree in leadership
coaching, you will learn how to apply psychological theory to organizational
leadership to help leaders in industry, government and education develop
their professional and personal skills and apply them to enhance their
operations.
School Counseling
No longer just people who help students choose their course, school
counselors are responsible for a wide range of services which often
include interaction between the school and the families. The school
counselor may be the first source to which teachers, families or students
turn when family or personal problems threaten a student’s education.
A degree in school counseling will enable you to deliver and manage
school programs and to act as a leader who can advocate for the needs
of students.
Marital Couple and Family
Counseling
With all of our advances in technology, we have not solved the problem
of the dysfunctional family. In fact, the fast paced life style, the
likelihood that both parents will have careers, and the peer pressure
faced by young people all contribute to a greater than ever need for
qualified family counseling. With a focus on families, your counseling
degree will emphasize theories of relationship building that will help
families and couples achieve their dreams without sacrificing themselves.
Rehabilitation Counseling
A focus on rehabilitation counseling will enable you to work with individuals
and groups who must cope with various disabilities—both genetic and
those resulting from accidents or illness. You will learn how to plan,
develop and evaluate services for the disabled within a community.
Salaries for Counselors
School counselors and social workers make from $31,000 to $68,000, depending
on the years of experience. A person with a doctoral degree can expect
an additional $3,000 to $4,000 per year depending on geographic area and
actual job title. The median salary for vocational counselors is $54,000.
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