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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’s 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 mission of the Troy University Student Affairs Counseling program is to prepare student affairs counselors to provide competent professional service in all areas of student services counseling at the post-secondary level. Upon graduation, students will have foundational knowledge of the theories of student development and of the characteristics, needs, and programs required to assist students in higher education. Students will also have the basic skills and experience in assessment, services, and administration of student affairs departments to enter the profession of Student Affairs Counseling.

Objectives For Student Affairs Counseling:

• Develop knowledge of the foundations of the student affairs profession to include history, philosophy, current trends/issues, functions, and legal and ethical considerations.
• Develop knowledge and sensitivity to provide counseling services to students from diverse populations.
• Develop knowledge and skills in conducting student affairs programs to provide the academic, social and career environments that promote student success.
• Develop skills related to assessment of students and the college environment and interpretation of assessment results to administrators, students and faculty.
• Develop skills in consultation to include working with faculty, professional staff, and student families in areas related to student development and welfare.
• Develop skills in technology as applied to student affairs services.
• Develop knowledge and skills of theories, models, and practices of leadership, organizational management, and program development.