Community & Addictions Counseling
The M.Ed. program in Community & Addictions Counseling is designed to provide students with an educational foundation in counseling theory and technique that will facilitate their achievement of the professional standards required for practice as a counselor in community agency settings. The program is organized into groups of required foundation courses, basic counseling courses, and specialized courses that enable a student to concentrate in community and addictions counseling. The minimum number of hours required is 54, including a one-semester Practicum and a year-long Internship that combines practice at New Leaf Clinic and a community agency setting.
Internships taken at the New Leaf Clinic housed in the School of Education, afford students in the Community and Addictions Counseling program a unique opportunity to provide brief counseling interventions (5-10 sessions) to William & Mary students with issues related to use of alcohol or other drugs. Counselors at the New Leaf Clinic conduct interventions using Motivational Interviewing techniques while under supervision of a faculty member and/or doctoral counseling student. The M.Ed. program in Community & Addictions Counseling is designed to provide students with an educational foundation in counseling theory and technique that will facilitate their achievement of the professional standards required for practice as a counselor in community agency settings. The program is organized into groups of required foundation courses, basic counseling courses, and specialized courses that enable a student to concentrate in community and addictions counseling. The minimum number of hours required is 51, including a one-semester Practicum and a year-long Internship in a community agency setting.
Program Contact
[[cfgres, Dr. Rick Gressard]]
(757) 221-2352
Program Requirements:
Semester 1 |
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| EDUC C32 |
Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy |
3
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| EDUC C33 |
Techniques of Counseling |
3
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| EDUC C34 |
Group Theory and Techniques |
3
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| EDUC C29 | Substance Abuse and Society | 3 |
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Hours
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12
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Semester 2 |
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| EDUC C42 | Supervised Practicum in Counseling |
3
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| EDUC 627 |
Marriage and Family Counseling |
3
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| EDUC F65 |
Research Methods in Education |
3
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| EDUC C44 | Addiction Counseling |
3
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Hours
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12
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Summer Year 1 |
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| EDUC C46 | Contemporary Issues in Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
3
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| EDUC 645 |
The Counselor and Psychopathology |
3
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Hours
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6 |
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Semester 3 |
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| EDUC C43 | Professional, Ethical & Legal Issues in Counseling | 3
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| *EDUC C47 | Internship in Community Counseling |
3
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| EDUC C45 | Transpersonal Psychology | 3 |
| EDUC F67 |
Psychological and Educational Measurement | 3 |
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Hours
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12
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Semester 4
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| EDUC C31 | Career Development | 3 |
| EDUC F09 | Human Growth and Development: A Life Span Perspective | 3 |
| EDUC 624 | Theory and Practice of Multi-Cultural Counseling | 3 |
| EDUC C47 | Internship in Community Counseling | 3 |
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Total Hours
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54
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Exit Interview
Students in the M.Ed. program in Counseling must arrange an exit interview during the last semester of their program of study. The interview is conducted by the faculty of the Counseling program to obtain evaluative feedback about a student's experiences in the program.
M.Ed. Program of Studies [pdf]
Licensure
Licensure as a Professional Counselor in Virginia
At this time in Virginia, licensure as a Professional Counselor requires a master’s degree in counseling, 60 hours of graduate course work in counseling, a 4000-hour, post-master’s clinical residency, and successful completion of the licensure examination. The program of studies for all of the M.Ed.degrees in Counseling at the College of William and Mary includes all the required areas of classroom and clinical instruction needed for licensure as a Professional Counselor in Virginia and most other states. The entire 60 hours need not be taken during the M.Ed. program. Students in programs requiring less than 60 hours for graduation may elect to complete the 60 hours required for Virginia licensure before or after they graduate.
Licensure as a Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner In Virginia (LSATP)
The program of studies for the Community & Addictions Counseling program also meets the coursework and clinical instruction requirements for licensure in Virginia as Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner.
