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The Counseling and Human Relations Program website will provide you with a clear, concise view of Graduate Counseling and Human Relation studies at Villanova University. Please contact us to make an appointment to visit our department at your convenience. We look forward to meeting you.
Training Counselors in the Community and Schools
Additional Resources
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The Department of Education and Human Services offers a Master of Science degree in Counseling and Human Relations with specializations in two areas for individuals interested in earning their MS through the department.
Special
Tuition Reduction
for Teachers and School Administrators: 40% for those employed by
Catholic schools; 20% for those employed by non-Catholic schools.
Philosophy
The professional training of counselors at Villanova University reflects the faculty's view of the ultimate goal of counseling in a pluralistic society: enhancing the cognitive, affective and social/interpersonal development of individuals and groups, fostering independence in decision-making and developing effective problem-solving strategies. The realization of these goals is achieved directly through counseling and consulting and indirectly through the coordination of ancillary services.
Villanova University's counseling programs emphasize counselor skill development and personal growth which are considered prerequisites to helping others. The program reflects humanistic orientation, with an emphasis on developing counseling relationships which are open, accepting and nonjudgmental yet reality-based. We assume that clients are helped most by counselors who display candor and openness in their interpersonal relationships. Consequently, the counseling program provides experiences and training that engender such behaviors.
Through its varied and interdisciplinary courses, counselor-trainees become familiar with issues related to human development, individual differences, human behavior and diversity. They learn to appraise and select counseling materials, to use appropriate evaluation procedures, to make expedient referrals, to provide consultative services, and to counsel both individuals, families and groups regardless of age, sex, religion, ethnic or socio-economic background or physical ability/disability. Research and knowledge of current literature are stressed throughout the program. Finally, students are required to apply their acquired knowledge of counseling situations in institutional and professional settings.
Distinguished Faculty
Our faculty are committed to your development throughout your course of study. Your full-time professors will have postdoctoral training in their field and continue to further their knowledge in their chosen areas of expertise. In addition to assisting the student with academic issues, the faculty is available to guide and assist students facing any number of issues which may affect their studies. As students near completion of the program, an advisor can be extremely helpful in aiding career decision making. The faculty are an excellent resource for information regarding opportunities in the field and advanced graduate study.
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